Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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It's not so easy to forgive.
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Hard writing makes easy reading.
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Shallow communities are relatively easy to build.
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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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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
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It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.
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Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.
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My father was a painter and an anarchist, always getting in trouble for his performance art.
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For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!'
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It's not easy keeping a diary. You have to be pretty committed.
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It's just weird that for some people, art is a luxury. My parents had no artistic outlet. Some people pass down music to their kids, but I couldn't tell you what my mom's or dad's favorite song is. So when I started going out into the world, I was drawn to people who knew about movies, art, even fashion.
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Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, A good mouth-filling oath.
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I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.
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Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.
