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Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want...

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Stephen Hawking: When one's expectations...

Stephen Hawking: When one's expectations...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does...

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Jackson Pollock: Abstract painting is...

Jackson Pollock: Abstract painting is...

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

Source: Quoted by Francis V...

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Leonardo da Vinci: Men of lofty...

Leonardo da Vinci: Men of lofty...

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Source: In...

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Man Ray: It has never...

Man Ray: It has never...

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

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John Berger: Nothing fortuitous happens...

John Berger: Nothing fortuitous happens...

Nothing fortuitous happens in a child's world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else...

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Benjamin Haydon: Genius is nothing...

Benjamin Haydon: Genius is nothing...

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing...

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Benjamin Haydon: This is an...

Benjamin Haydon: This is an...

This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, ...

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Charles Revson: In the factory...

Charles Revson: In the factory...

In the factory we make cosmetics. In the store we sell hope.

Source: Fire and Ice,...

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G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was...

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G C Lichtenberg: It may not...

G C Lichtenberg: It may not...

It may not be natural for man to walk on two legs, but it was a noble invention.

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G C Lichtenberg: Erudition can produce...

G C Lichtenberg: Erudition can produce...

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook C,...

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G C Lichtenberg: Many things about...

G C Lichtenberg: Many things about...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our...

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Henri Matisse: I have always...

Henri Matisse: I have always...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets...

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Henri Matisse: There is nothing...

Henri Matisse: There is nothing...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has...

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Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

The investigator should have a robust faith -- and yet not believe.

Source: In The...

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Robert Bolt: When a man...

Robert Bolt: When a man...

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers...

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John Keats: The only means...

John Keats: The only means...

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing --to let the mind be a...

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Virgil: Believe one who...

Virgil: Believe one who...

Believe one who has tried it.

Source: In Reader's Digest.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15...

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Pindar: Every gift, though...

Pindar: Every gift, though...

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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