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People come to...

People come to...

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

Source: in WomenSports...

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An opera begins...

An opera begins...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it...

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When music fails...

When music fails...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the...

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Eugene O'Neill: Critics? I love...

Eugene O'Neill: Critics? I love...

Critics? I love every bone in their heads.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Facts are stubborn things.

Source: Gil Blas de Santillane, bk. 10, ch. 1,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Manners are not...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Manners are not...

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

Source: In ...

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William Carlos Williams: Times change and...

William Carlos Williams: Times change and...

Times change and forms and their meanings alter. Thus new poems are necessary. Their forms must be discovered in the...

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Vincent Van Gogh: A good picture...

Vincent Van Gogh: A good picture...

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Source: Letter, 1890; published in The...

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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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Al Capp: Anyone who can...

Al Capp: Anyone who can...

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

Source: From Ashleys...

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Charles Schulz: Try not to...

Charles Schulz: Try not to...

Try not to have a good time . . . this is supposed to be educational.

Source: From...

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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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William Morris: Memory and imagination...

William Morris: Memory and imagination...

Memory and imagination help [a man] as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages...

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William Morris: A man at...

William Morris: A man at...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the...

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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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Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

We need cancer because, by the very fact of its insurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not...

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Coco Chanel: In order to...

Coco Chanel: In order to...

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Mary Quant: Fashion is not...

Mary Quant: Fashion is not...

Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.

Source: In The...

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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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Ansel Adams: In wisdom gathered...

Ansel Adams: In wisdom gathered...

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

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