Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I've been fortunate to work with partners like Weinstein and John and Art Linson in developing 'Yellowstone' and am grateful that it has found a home in the Paramount Network. The show is both timely and timeless.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.
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I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting.
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I feel like science and art are cousins.
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I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.
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Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.
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First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something.
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Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.
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I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.
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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.
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A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back.
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Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
