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Content is a glimpse.


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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.



I have to change to stay the same.

I have to change to stay the same.



The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.



I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.



What you do when you paint, you take a brush full of paint, get paint on the picture, and you have faith.

What you do when you paint, you take a brush full of paint, get paint on the picture, and you have faith.



The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.

The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.



Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.



It's really absurd to make... a human image, with paint, today, when you think about it... But then all of a sudden, it was even more absurd not to do it.

It's really absurd to make... a human image, with paint, today, when you think about it... But then all of a sudden, it was even more absurd not to do it.



I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.

I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.



Spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be, and that is not necessarily in the future... Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

Spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be, and that is not necessarily in the future... Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.





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It is culture that is the bully."

It is culture that is the bully."



One editor during the Civil War got a grievous message to meet his brothers corpse, only to find out that the telegraph operator had garbled the message to meet his living brother's CORPS.

One editor during the Civil War got a grievous message to meet his brothers corpse, only to find out that the telegraph operator had garbled the message to meet his living brother's CORPS.



It is my belief that almost anyone can be had with breadcrumbs. For if you leave a trail of the right variety, your prey will come straight to you.

It is my belief that almost anyone can be had with breadcrumbs. For if you leave a trail of the right variety, your prey will come straight to you.




If there's anything i can feel, that's to the fact that i will grow even when i fall. Life is too simple to be taken too serious for me. ‪#‎MyDefinition‬

If there's anything i can feel, that's to the fact that i will grow even when i fall. Life is too simple to be taken too serious for me. ‪#‎MyDefinition‬



Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see

Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see



Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.

Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.



So people keep asking me what this badge is for... this badge makes me the sheriff, the sheriff of Emo town, so get your straight irons and eyeliner ready!

So people keep asking me what this badge is for... this badge makes me the sheriff, the sheriff of Emo town, so get your straight irons and eyeliner ready!



The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.

The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.



You don't really drive in cabs in L.A. unless you're broke or homeless - or if you're broke and driving the cab.

You don't really drive in cabs in L.A. unless you're broke or homeless - or if you're broke and driving the cab.




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This page presents the quote "Content is a glimpse.". Author of this quote is Willem de Kooning. This quote is about vision, awe, glimpse,.