Paul Klee Quotes
The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the here and now.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
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I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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I grew up in a university town in eastern North Carolina - what's called Tobacco Road. It was very rural.
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I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.
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I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.
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The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the here and now.
