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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

Source: In Webster's NewWorld...

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Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as...

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Grandma Moses: I paint from...

Grandma Moses: I paint from...

I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and...

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M C Escher: We adore chaos...

M C Escher: We adore chaos...

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

Source:
-- M C Escher, (Jun 17...

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Ansel Adams: The only things...

Ansel Adams: The only things...

The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human...

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Gustave Courbet: Beauty, like truth,...

Gustave Courbet: Beauty, like truth,...

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of...

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Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

I'm afraid that if I look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

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Jules Feiffer: Christ died for...

Jules Feiffer: Christ died for...

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

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William Morris: This land is...

William Morris: This land is...

This land is a little land; too much shut up within the narrow seas, as it seems, to have much space for swelling into...

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Gilbert Adair: The earth is...

Gilbert Adair: The earth is...

The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's...

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Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

Source:...

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Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

Source: In Words of...

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Robert Henri: Genius is not...

Robert Henri: Genius is not...

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a...

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Jackson Pollock: When I say...

Jackson Pollock: When I say...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of...

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Warren Buffett: It takes 20...

Warren Buffett: It takes 20...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things...

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Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Burroughs: One resolution I...

John Burroughs: One resolution I...

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little...

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Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

Amelia Earhart: The effect of...

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more...

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Alexander Fleming: A good gulp...

Alexander Fleming: A good gulp...

A good gulp of hot whisky at bedtime -- it's not very scientific, but it helps.

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