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Lewis Mumford: Today, the degradation...

Lewis Mumford: Today, the degradation...

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the...

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Maya Ying Lin: Architecture is like...

Maya Ying Lin: Architecture is like...

Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we...

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Frank Lloyd Wright: TV is chewing...

Frank Lloyd Wright: TV is chewing...

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG, 1991.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Clear out 800,000...

Frank Lloyd Wright: Clear out 800,000...

Clear out 800,000 people and preserve it as a museum piece.

Source: On Boston; in...

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Frank Lloyd Wright: The thing always...

Frank Lloyd Wright: The thing always...

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it...

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Auguste Renoir: You've got to...

Auguste Renoir: You've got to...

You've got to be a fool to want to stop the march of time.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Vincent Van Gogh: One may have...

Vincent Van Gogh: One may have...

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke...

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James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

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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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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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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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Jackson Pollock: Bums are the...

Jackson Pollock: Bums are the...

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.

Source:...

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Diane Arbus: My favorite thing...

Diane Arbus: My favorite thing...

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

Source: In Diane Arbus: An...

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Gordon Parks: Success can be...

Gordon Parks: Success can be...

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are...

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Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a...

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George Bush: Never answer a...

George Bush: Never answer a...

Never answer a hypothetical question. It gets you beyond where you want to be.

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Denis Healey: The difference between...

Denis Healey: The difference between...

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

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Adolf Hitler: What luck for...

Adolf Hitler: What luck for...

What luck for rulers that men do not think.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Plans are nothing;...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Plans are nothing;...

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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