Maurice Denis Quotes
Art is no longer a visual sensation that we gather, like a photograph, as it were, of nature. No, it is a creation of our spirit, for which nature is only the occasion.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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I watch vlogs on YouTube. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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I'm not the biggest Miley Cyrus fan. I'm not the risque type.
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My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
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Success without happiness is failure.
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I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.
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When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.
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Art is no longer a visual sensation that we gather, like a photograph, as it were, of nature. No, it is a creation of our spirit, for which nature is only the occasion.
