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M C Escher: At first I...

M C Escher: At first I...

At first I had no idea at all of the possibility of systematically building up my figures. I did not know ... this was...

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Bertolt Brecht: It isn't important...

Bertolt Brecht: It isn't important...

It isn't important to come out on top. What matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.

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Federico Fellini: Realism is a...

Federico Fellini: Realism is a...

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the...

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Steven Wright: What's another word...

Steven Wright: What's another word...

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Source: commedian
-- Steven Wright, (Dec 6...

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Victor Borge: The difference between...

Victor Borge: The difference between...

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

Source:...

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness...

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Sholem Asch: Personality is the...

Sholem Asch: Personality is the...

Personality is the gland of creativity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Jean Genet: What we need...

Jean Genet: What we need...

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.

Source: The Blacks, 1959.
--...

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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high...

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Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to . . . face a situation fearlessly, and [if]...

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Isaac Singer: Every creator painfully...

Isaac Singer: Every creator painfully...

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate...

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Alain Locke: The younger generation...

Alain Locke: The younger generation...

The younger generation is vibrant with a new psychology; the new spirit is awake in the masses . . . Each generation ....

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The desire to...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The desire to...

The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does...

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George V: How is the...

George V: How is the...

How is the Empire?

Source: In The Times, 21 Jan 1936
-- George V, (Jun 3...

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Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till...

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Linus Pauling: I like people....

Linus Pauling: I like people....

I like people. I like animals, too -- whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I...

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