Jean Dubuffet Quotes
..the wind of 'art brut' blows on writing as well as on other avenues of artistic creation.
Quotes to Explore
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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We do violence to the consciousness of a past age when we divide what was indivisible to it: the one sacred truth of the Christian creed.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.
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America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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Around age 18, I decided to start writing my own stuff. I wrote some bad short films and shot them. I tried to make them better and better. I slowly learned how to make movies, and I think I'm still learning.
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The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.
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..the wind of 'art brut' blows on writing as well as on other avenues of artistic creation.
