Carl Andre Quotes
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
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I'm terrible in high heels. I'm so bad.
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I was born with six fingers on each hand.
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Work in the fields? Senator, I'm a house nigga.
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They really wanted to find the chemistry.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
