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The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far read more
The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and nearly always more profitable) to become a real estate agent.
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark read more
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.
Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of read more
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.
