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David Hockney: It is very...

David Hockney: It is very...

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his...

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Grandma Moses: I look back...

Grandma Moses: I look back...

I look back on my life a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

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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.

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

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Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the...

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Robert Henri: The object isn't...

Robert Henri: The object isn't...

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art...

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Paul Klee: One does not...

Paul Klee: One does not...

One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only...

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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

'Hypotheses non fingo.' I feign no hypotheses.

Source: 'Principia mathematica',...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

Source:...

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Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot...

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Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in...

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Niels Bohr: Anyone who is...

Niels Bohr: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.

Source: From...

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Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

In diagnosis think of the easy first.

Source: Fischerisms, by Howard Fabing and Ray...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Less is more.

Source: New York Herald Tribune, 1959.
-- Ludwig Mies van der...

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Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Source: In...

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Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of...

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John Burroughs: It is always...

John Burroughs: It is always...

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still...

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Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

I am a firm believer in socialism and I know that the quicker you have monopoly in this country the quicker you will...

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Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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