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My job is to paint what I see, not what I know.


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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.



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Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.



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It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.



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The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.



The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.



If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish.

If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish.



You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.



I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.

I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.



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If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.





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