Lincoln Steffens Quotes
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
Nathan Sawaya -
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso -
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
Salvador Dali -
I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
R. J. Cutler -
Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
Malcolm Mclaren
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A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
Jack Bowman -
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
Mae West -
I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.
Adam Hughes -
All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
Adam Jones -
Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.
Kanye West -
Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.
Iggy Azalea
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I am fortunate to have the ability to lend my name to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne. It will be a state-of-the-art facility to help heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
Olivia Newton-John -
The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
Flannery O'Connor -
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.
Jacob Epstein -
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso -
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran Lebowitz -
A prophet such as we could use again today,strong,zealous,angry and gloomy in opposition to the leaders,the masses indeed the whole world.(Letter to his pastor Julius Schubring ,1846 regarding Medelssohn's choral work 'Elijah' published that year)
Felix Mendelssohn
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Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.
Aldous Huxley -
I love being in the studio.
Neil Finn Crowded House -
I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
Aaron Johnson -
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
Lincoln Steffens