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Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.


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Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.

Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.



Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.

Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.



Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.

Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.



Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.

Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.



It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.

It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.



If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.

If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.



The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.



The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.

The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.



Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.

Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.



composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.





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Light of my heart is my spirit through which I created my universe, and I see the beauty of my sun, my moon and my dazzling stars.



One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.



I had been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York, and one of the requirements was that you give a portrait, a self-portrait of yourself.

I had been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York, and one of the requirements was that you give a portrait, a self-portrait of yourself.



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Fashion has a reason to be, because in fashion you can find new kinds of expression about human beings. It's my way to communicate.



The evolution was always to greater scale and speed. Other countries did that here and there - GB in textiles, Germany in steel - but we went in that direction almost across the board.

The evolution was always to greater scale and speed. Other countries did that here and there - GB in textiles, Germany in steel - but we went in that direction almost across the board.



The fact is that everyone has ki, which is really little more than a technique of visualization allowing one to utilize the internal energy that we all have and letting it flow through the body.

The fact is that everyone has ki, which is really little more than a technique of visualization allowing one to utilize the internal energy that we all have and letting it flow through the body.



I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.



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So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.



That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.

That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.



To have suffered ... sets a keen edge on what remains of the agreeable. This is a great truth and has to be learned in the fire.

To have suffered ... sets a keen edge on what remains of the agreeable. This is a great truth and has to be learned in the fire.




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