Odilon Redon Quotes
While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

Quotes to Explore
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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I'm very nervous when I work in a film and very relaxed before a live audience. I like theater because it's more of an actor's medium. You can control your performance. In film you depend on the director to watch out for your ass, but in the theater you can take care of yourself.
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What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
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It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.