Aristide Maillol Quotes
Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape out of it following one's own desire, or, sometimes, the inspiration of the material itself: this gives the sculptor great joy.
Quotes to Explore
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'
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There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.
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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.
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Colour-blindness always extends to the complementary colours. Those who are red blind are also green blind; those who are blind to blue have no consciousness of yellow. This law holds good for all mental phenomena; it is a fundamental condition of consciousness.
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If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.
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Under oak, ash and thorn My soul was born. Under thorn, oak and ash My body bent to the lash.
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I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers.
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The more games I play, the more I feel comfortable.
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A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.
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The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
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Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.
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After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.
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I've always been a little crazy.
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Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape out of it following one's own desire, or, sometimes, the inspiration of the material itself: this gives the sculptor great joy.
