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David Hockney: No theoretician, no...

David Hockney: No theoretician, no...

No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good...

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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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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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Ansel Adams: You don't take...

Ansel Adams: You don't take...

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Source: In The New York Public Library...

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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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Benito Mussolini: Fascism, the more...

Benito Mussolini: Fascism, the more...

Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political...

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Earl Nightingale: You become what...

Earl Nightingale: You become what...

You become what you think about.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Bertolt Brecht: If there are...

Bertolt Brecht: If there are...

If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be a crooked line.

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J B Priestley: If there is...

J B Priestley: If there is...

If there is one thing left that I would like to do, it's to write something really beautiful. And I could do it, you...

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Edward Albee: I'm not suggesting...

Edward Albee: I'm not suggesting...

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say - it leaves me...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people...

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John LeCarre: A committee is...

John LeCarre: A committee is...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...

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Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

Source: In...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

The only privilege literature deserves -- and this privilege it requires in order to exist -- is the privilege of...

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Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't...

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Joseph Heller: I want to...

Joseph Heller: I want to...

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night...

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