John Cheever Quotes
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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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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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.
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Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!'
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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My painting does not come from the easel.
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You have to be very careful with the art you create and you put out.
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Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
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Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.
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Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
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I love life way too much and find fun in almost anything. I'm a chameleon.
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When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.
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And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
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Art is the triumph over chaos.
