Oscar Wilde Quotes
Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak prettiness or lifeless abstraction: whereas to touch the ideal at all you must not strip it of vitality. You must find it in life and re-create it in art.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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My daily beauty regimen consists of washing my face before bed and putting on moisturizer.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
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Oh! what waves of crime and bloodshed have swept like the waves of a deluge down the valley of the Rhine! War has laid his mailed hand on those desolate towers and ruthlessly torn down what time has spared, yet he could not mar the beauty of the shore, nor could Time himself hurl down the mountains that guard it.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.
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Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.
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I thought, 'I've been doing this for 16 years professionally. I have a window where I want to play leading parts.'
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The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
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Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak prettiness or lifeless abstraction: whereas to touch the ideal at all you must not strip it of vitality. You must find it in life and re-create it in art.
