Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
Salma Hayek
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
Federico Garcia Lorca
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
Paloma Faith
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Wendy Carlos
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
Salvador Dali
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When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
Samuel Hoffenstein
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
Oliver Goldsmith
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I believe monthly comics and the extended miniseries are the true hallmarks of comic art and storytelling.
Brian Stelfreeze
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The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may delude our short-sighted judgments, never fail to vindicate their supremacy and immutability.
William Cabell Rives
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In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.
Dave Thomas
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We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.