Asher Brown Durand Quotes
All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not really concerned about how long it takes, or how much I destroy the kitchen, because I just have such a good time doing it.
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.
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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
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I'm still one of those persons who prefers to wear pants, especially for at-home entertaining.
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And if there is one thing that he and this year’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson I hope that Malia and Sasha and young people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it.
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Buddhism … is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or 'loyal opposition' to the culture in which it is involved.
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I do this weird thing in studios where I climb stuff when I get nervous.
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I have always loved the Day of the Dead - a chance to celebrate death rather than to treat it like that awful scene in the cemetery.
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It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized as this kind of vibrant music and when I first started playing in a blues band I just wanted to bring it to a wider public who hadn't really heard it.
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A man can preach no better than he prays.
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Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.
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I do not follow superstitions on court.
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I think Donald Trump is a racist.
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Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.
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Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.
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Freedom is not an achievement but an opportunity.
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Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.
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All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.
