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George Chapman: We inherit nothing...

George Chapman: We inherit nothing...

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

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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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Jules Renard: A cold in...

Jules Renard: A cold in...

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

And everything else is just literature

Source: [Et tout le reste est litt?rature];...

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Vincent Van Gogh: If one hasn't...

Vincent Van Gogh: If one hasn't...

If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse.

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-- Vincent Van Gogh,...

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Saul Steinberg: The artist is...

Saul Steinberg: The artist is...

The artist is an educator of artists of the future . . . who are able to understand and in the process of...

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Saul Steinberg: A beautiful woman...

Saul Steinberg: A beautiful woman...

A beautiful woman can be painted as a totem only; not as a woman, but as a Madonna, a queen, a...

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David Hockney: Television is becoming...

David Hockney: Television is becoming...

Television is becoming a collage --there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. ...

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David Hockney: Art has to...

David Hockney: Art has to...

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

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Al Capp: A product of...

Al Capp: A product of...

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

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Jules Feiffer: At 16 I...

Jules Feiffer: At 16 I...

At 16 I was stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. At 21 I was wise, self-confident, . . . and assertive. At 45 I'm...

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Edith Head: I have yet...

Edith Head: I have yet...

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals -- like Lassie.

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Edith Head: The subjective actress...

Edith Head: The subjective actress...

The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they...

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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William Morris: So long as...

William Morris: So long as...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles,...

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Gilbert Adair: The only tastes...

Gilbert Adair: The only tastes...

The only tastes worth having are acquired tastes.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Grandma Moses: What a strange...

Grandma Moses: What a strange...

What a strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, the other forward; one is of today, the other of...

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M C Escher: I have often...

M C Escher: I have often...

I have often felt closer to people who work scientifically (though I certainly do not do so myself) than to my fellow...

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