Asher Brown Durand Quotes
I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.
Asher Brown Durand
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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
A. R. Ammons
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Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.
Garth Davis
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Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
J. K. Simmons
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With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind,And makes the happiness she does not find.
Samuel Johnson
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So far as living instruments of labour are concerned, for instance horses, their reproduction is timed by nature itself. Their average lifetime as instruments of labour is determined by the laws of nature. As soon as this term has expired they must be replaced by new ones. A horse cannot be replaced piecemeal; it must be replaced by another horse.
Karl Marx
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I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.
Damian Lewis
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When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
T. J. Miller
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Women who insist on having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type.
Fran Lebowitz
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Although it's not something I'm particularly proud of, I'm willing to admit that, in addition to whiling away the long stretches of time in the air and waiting in airport lounges reading the 'New Yorker' and 'New York Times' on my Kindle, I've picked up the occasional tabloid magazine.
Derek Blasberg
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I remember thinking I don't care what he does. I don't care if he beats the crap out of me. I don't care if he rapes me. I just want to get out of here alive.
Ashley Smith
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I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.
Asher Brown Durand
