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A true personality...

A true personality...

A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the...

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I said to...

I said to...

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is...

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I don't care...

I don't care...

I don't care what [other critics] say, I only hope to be played.

Source: On being...

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If you don't...

If you don't...

If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's...

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The English may...

The English may...

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

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I felt the...

I felt the...

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and...

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The only sin...

The only sin...

The only sin is mediocrity.

Source: In The New York Times, 31 Mar 1985.
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You are unique,...

You are unique,...

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost.

Source:...

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I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder which would be nicer -- an opera without an interval, or an interval without an...

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My voice has...

My voice has...

My voice has been raised not only in song, but to make the big world outside through me, understand something of the...

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If you are...

If you are...

If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your...

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You may be...

You may be...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Source:...

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Stanislaw Lec: One has to...

Stanislaw Lec: One has to...

One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control...

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Stanislaw Lec: Don't cry out...

Stanislaw Lec: Don't cry out...

Don't cry out for help at night -- you might awaken the neighbors.

Source: In...

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John Ashbery: I don't look...

John Ashbery: I don't look...

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a...

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Antonin Artaud: Never tire yourself...

Antonin Artaud: Never tire yourself...

Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your...

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Oscar Wilde: What between the...

Oscar Wilde: What between the...

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land...

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Henri Rousseau: The landscapist lives...

Henri Rousseau: The landscapist lives...

The landscapist lives in silence.

Source: Rousseau: An Autobiography, 1935.
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Al Capp: My work is...

Al Capp: My work is...

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone' s wrapping...

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Al Capp: Abstract art? A...

Al Capp: Abstract art? A...

Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly...

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