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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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quotistArt is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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