William Blake Quotes
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
Nate Lowman
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
Nathan Sawaya
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
Federico Garcia Lorca
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
Viktor Orban
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Samuel Johnson
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Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.
Karen Handel
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
Fernando Botero
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
Daniel Barenboim
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
Maggie Grace
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Wendy Carlos
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Maybe 'America first' means also that you have to deal with America first.
Federica Mogherini
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
Warren Zevon
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
R. J. Cutler
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It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.
Kate Micucci
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
Yoko Ono
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
Malcolm de Chazal
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Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
Walter Pater
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
Mae West
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In the largest sense, every work of art is protest. … A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it. … A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out. …
Pete Seeger
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When people write a novel, they want to have that reach and that impact. To get it with a first novel, you can either see it as an albatross or a calling card.
Irvine Welsh
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The world is dark and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
Kate DiCamillo
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Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner - I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags.
Matthew McConaughey
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First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.
William Blake