Jean Arp Quotes
We Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber painted embroidered and made collages. All these works were drawn from the simplest forms and were probably the first examples of concrete art. These works are realities pure and independent with no meaning or cerebral intention. We rejected all mimesis and description, giving free reign to the elementary and spontaneous.
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's like art - you can see the cycles from many past artists and new artists being inspired by past artists.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.
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I think if you're constantly reinvesting into your content and giving the fans stuff, then you can continue to tour. You can continue to sell the merch and monetize the popularity of the brand.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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Happily, financial capitalism and free trade have not done away with national languages and literatures, as Marx rather too blithely hoped.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'
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My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.
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No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.
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Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little.
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You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior things in your heads; but you're human beings like the rest of us, and we, too, have our dreams and fancies.
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We Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber painted embroidered and made collages. All these works were drawn from the simplest forms and were probably the first examples of concrete art. These works are realities pure and independent with no meaning or cerebral intention. We rejected all mimesis and description, giving free reign to the elementary and spontaneous.
