Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
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Living in a cultural milieu where the foreign writers most widely available and admired were Russian, I came very late to postwar American writers, and I had great trouble with the canonically exalted white male writers I tried first.
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The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
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I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
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You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.
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I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good record. But mostly I'm more of a businessman than a music fan, so I'm listening to music in terms of, is this effective or not effective?
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I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
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Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.
