Hans Hofmann Quotes
There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
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Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out.
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I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get better and better at it.
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I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.
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No level of border security, no wall, doubling the size of the border patrol, all these things will not stop the illegal migration from countries as long as a 7-year-old is desperate enough to flee on her own and travel the entire length of Mexico because of the poverty and the violence in her country.
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There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.
