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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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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While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time doing that - in part by paying them more money - I don't think there's any evidence for the idea that somehow tenure attracts good teachers. In fact, I think the evidence is to the contrary.
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Sometimes funerals can be good. It reunites you with your cousins you haven't seen in a while.
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I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it up because sometimes it's almost illegible, and if I wait, I might not be able to read it the next day.
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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And sometimes I have to tell the players: It's a game—it's sport.
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Thank you for your kind words. You are right, revenge knows no end until it is achieved.
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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.
