Ellsworth Kelly Quotes
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty.
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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People think that, when you're doing comedy, nothing means anything, that people run around and act crazy. It's quite the opposite. The stakes are life-and-death.
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
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It is always good to be on the scoresheet.
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You're not allowed to write about me if you haven't seen 'The Shawshank Redemption.' See it and then get back to me.
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I hate birthdays.
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We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it.
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We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.
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I enjoy finding a low subject and bringing it up high. I think with strong technique, you can glamorize certain things. You can make the imagery sharper, rounder, and basically better looking.
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I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
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I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.
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From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.
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I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.