Oscar Wilde Quotes
The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
Oscar Wilde
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Viggo Mortensen
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
Florence Nightingale
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
Rabih Alameddine
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
Gabriel Luna
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Seeing that 'Project Runway' sign at the end of the runway just made me, like, realize, like, 'Wow, I'm on this show. I'm living every designer's dream right now.'
Ashley Nell Tipton
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I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.
Capucine
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With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come.
Ian Frazier
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Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.
Mark Zupan
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As far as personal philosophies go, I think you should know your ending. I know that's radically different from a lot of other writers who just organically like to find the story. Other than that, I try different things and mess around. I'm still just playing a good bit.
Jonathan Hickman
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The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
Oscar Wilde