Hans Hofmann Quotes
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.
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Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
