Oscar Wilde Quotes
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.
Quotes to Explore
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What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller government and lower taxes. Obama and the Democrats do not. We are a party that wants to encourage small business. We are a party that has a large constituent group that believes in a social agenda and we will not abandon them.
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Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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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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The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public opinion.
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Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it will need the engagement of all stakeholders - including the private sector and civil society, and especially the poor and marginalized.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.
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A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.
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I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.
