Joshua Reynolds Quotes
Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies, which are out of the reach of the rules of art.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I'm 34 years old. In most jobs, your early 30s to early 40s are your power years.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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I do love the clothes on 'Mad Men' because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They'll call and tell me, 'It will only take an hour,' and I'm like, 'I will try on the whole truck!'
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I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
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The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.
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On the one hand, she is cut off from the protection awarded to her sisters abroad; on the other, she has no such power to defend her interests at the polls, as is the heritage of her brothers at home.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.
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Radium, discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, was especially popular: the 'it' element of its day. Radium glows an eerie blue-green in the dark, giving off light for years without any apparent power source. People had never seen anything like it.
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It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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I'm not thinking about the next record really yet. I kind of want to do a bunch of stuff with Jonathan Zawada, the guy who did the album art. I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record.
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If she chuses to set free one or two of my slaves she is to have full power to do so.
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If it were not for the great variability among individuals, medicine might as well be a science, not an art.
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The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.
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I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
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When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own little world. But I don't really see a lot of difference. Of course, on the cable shows, you can tackle subjects and be more specific, because networks have to appeal to the masses, but that's constantly changing and evolving.
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Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies, which are out of the reach of the rules of art.
