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Lewis Mumford: The clock not...

Lewis Mumford: The clock not...

The clock not the steam engine, is the key machine of the modern industrial age.

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Frank Lloyd Wright: I hate intellectuals....

Frank Lloyd Wright: I hate intellectuals....

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

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Frank Lloyd Wright: The scientist has...

Frank Lloyd Wright: The scientist has...

The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the...

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Bernard Berenson: German is of...

Bernard Berenson: German is of...

German is of stone, limestone, pudding stone, marble, granite even, and so to a considerable degree is English,...

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Auguste Renoir: I've been forty...

Auguste Renoir: I've been forty...

I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.

Source: In...

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Talent works, genius...

Talent works, genius...

Talent works, genius creates.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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It is cruel,...

It is cruel,...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength &...

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[Music has]...

[Music has]...

[Music has] the beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of...

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The work comes...

The work comes...

The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes...

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The violinist must...

The violinist must...

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers...

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Do not let...

Do not let...

Do not let that trouble Your Excellency; perhaps the greetings are intended for me.

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Life is 10...

Life is 10...

Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.

Source: In The...

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Great music is...

Great music is...

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never...

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All the arts...

All the arts...

All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

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For some time...

For some time...

For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat which is a great deal more than he's had on...

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We can go...

We can go...

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to...

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The higher the...

The higher the...

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

Source: Attributed.; In Webster's...

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

Source: In The...

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Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

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