Paul Gauguin Quotes
In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
Quotes to Explore
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
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The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it is always beneficial to get your academic studies out of the way before going into the competitive world of the arts.
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My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
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If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.
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If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
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Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward.
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The world knows only two, - that's Rome and I.
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And everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can.But one breath at a time is an acceptable plan,She tells herself.
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The terrifying breakdown of social cohesion in the American city, in spite of intense institutionalized police surveillance equipped with every sophisticated aid to public control, illustrates that social behaviour depends upon mutual responsibility rather than upon the policeman.
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My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
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I know perfectly well that only in happy instants am I lucky enough to lose myself in my work. The painter-poet feels that his true immutable essence comes from that invisible realm that offers him an image of reality....I feel that I do not exist in time, but that time exists in me. I can also realize that it is not given to me to solve the mystery of art in an absolute fashion. Nonetheless, I am almost brought to believe that I am about to get my hands on the divine.
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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
