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Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

Diane Arbus: A photograph is...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

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Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

Source: The Sculptor...

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Auguste Rodin: The artist must...

Auguste Rodin: The artist must...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be...

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Louise Nevelson: I think all...

Louise Nevelson: I think all...

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

Source: Dawns + Dusks,...

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David Ogilvy: Develop your eccentricities...

David Ogilvy: Develop your eccentricities...

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going...

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Leo Burnett: When you reach...

Leo Burnett: When you reach...

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud...

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Leo Burnett: To swear off...

Leo Burnett: To swear off...

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is to swear off having...

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William Bernbach: We don't ask...

William Bernbach: We don't ask...

We don't ask research to do what it was never meant to do, and that is to get an idea.

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Bruce Barton: It would do...

Bruce Barton: It would do...

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s...

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Charles Kettering: I don't want...

Charles Kettering: I don't want...

I don't want men of experience working for me. The experienced man is always telling me why something can't be done....

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Alexander Graham Bell: I may be...

Alexander Graham Bell: I may be...

I may be given credit for having blazed the trail but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is...

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Orville Wright: No flying machine...

Orville Wright: No flying machine...

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed...

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Isaac Newton: The Christian ministry...

Isaac Newton: The Christian ministry...

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.

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John Ray: Feather by feather...

John Ray: Feather by feather...

Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom,...

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Joseph Wood Krutch: It is ....

Joseph Wood Krutch: It is ....

It is . . . sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a...

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An Wang: I founded Wang...

An Wang: I founded Wang...

I founded Wang Laboratories . . . to show that Chinese could excel at things other than running laundries and...

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Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings have a...

Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings have a...

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

Source: In...

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Wyndham Lewis: I feel most...

Wyndham Lewis: I feel most...

I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a more interesting country, but because no...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: In difficult times...

Elsa Schiaparelli: In difficult times...

In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.

Source: In The Quotable Quotations...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: A good cook...

Elsa Schiaparelli: A good cook...

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Source: Shocking Life,...

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