Konrad Adenauer Quotes
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.
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We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.
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For me, art is not 'brooding.' It comes from someplace that is more fun and that has a kind of electricity to it.
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The strong bond of sisterhood was a famous trait in classical art and literature about Amazons. But it was modern people who interpreted that as a sexual preference for women. That started in the 20th century. The Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared that Amazons were symbolic of lesbianism in antiquity.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
