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.
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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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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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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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Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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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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I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.
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I am a very, very avid 'Anchorman' fan.
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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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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
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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 there is equality, it is in His love, not in us.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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Just having the whole control over your body is so important when you're modelling - to just be able to know exactly what you look like and what you're doing.
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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.
