Arthur Erickson Quotes
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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It's so perfectly Alaska to be like, 'Dad we're going to the Grammys,' and for him to be like, 'Oh, well that's great, Johnny. All right, gotta go back to work.'
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The attack is that process by means of which you remove obstructions.
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Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.
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When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about the liberation of his true covenant people, the true return from exile, the beginning of the new world order
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While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality.
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We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
