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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.

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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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Ansel Adams: The negative is...

Ansel Adams: The negative is...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in...

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Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Poets are born, not paid.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Nicolas Copernicus: Let no one...

Nicolas Copernicus: Let no one...

Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed...

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Tycho Brahe: Now it is...

Tycho Brahe: Now it is...

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the...

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Tycho Brahe: When, according to...

Tycho Brahe: When, according to...

When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing...

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John Burroughs: Joy in the...

John Burroughs: Joy in the...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all -- that has been my religion.

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John Burroughs: Blessed is the...

John Burroughs: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a...

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Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Source: From a collection of quotations found on...

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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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James D Watson: Science moves with...

James D Watson: Science moves with...

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the...

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Rachel Carson: If a child...

Rachel Carson: If a child...

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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George Washington Carver: God gave them...

George Washington Carver: God gave them...

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

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George Washington Carver: Since new developments...

George Washington Carver: Since new developments...

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of...

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Wernher von Braun: I have learned...

Wernher von Braun: I have learned...

I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.

Source: From...

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Warren Buffett: When a management...

Warren Buffett: When a management...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the...

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John Wanamaker: [A]ny seeming deception...

John Wanamaker: [A]ny seeming deception...

[A]ny seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental...

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