Claude Debussy Quotes
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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They're not poodles, they're art.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.
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My painting does not come from the easel.
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.
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Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it gets unobstructed hold of the hearer’s mind without his being distracted by secondary thoughts, and partly because he feels that here he is not being corrupted or deceived by the arts of rhetoric, but that the whole effect is got from the thing itself.
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I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.
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I smoke as much as I want and chew tobacco a good deal of the time. I don't pay any attention to the rules for keeping in physical condition. I think they are a lot of bunk. The less you worry about the effect of tea and coffee on the lining of your stomach, the longer you will live, and the happier you will be.
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How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic.
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Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.
