Thomas Eakins (Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas Eakins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		But what about the sufferings of the innocent? Worst of all is the hell that exists in the special psychiatric clinics in Dnieperopetrovsk, Sytshevk, Blagoveshensk, Kazan, Chernakovsk, Oriol, Leningrad, Tashkent, … . 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrei Sakharov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Safety should be a birthright. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Clemantine Wamariya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bonnie Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nelson Mandela 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Branford Marsalis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joel Edgerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matthew Perry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neil Simon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If your child really loves art, get them some good brushes. Get good material and make them feel that what they do is important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Denise Fleming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did exhibitions with the Surrealists in Paris, c. 1929 because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jean Arp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Auden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas Eakins