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Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.


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Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.

Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.



All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.

All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.



I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.

I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.



Seeing is not as simple as looking.

Seeing is not as simple as looking.



That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.

That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.



I am only describing language, not explaining anything.

I am only describing language, not explaining anything.



Change art to include yourself.

Change art to include yourself.





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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

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The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.



God's dream is that you have an abundance, that you be totally out of debt, pay your house off, pay your credit cards off, and have so much overflow that you can be a blessing to everyone around you!

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Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.



I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century.

I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century.



Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day.

Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day.



I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the earth.

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When you're making an independent film and you care about it so much you do all the prep work beforehand.

When you're making an independent film and you care about it so much you do all the prep work beforehand.




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