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" All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker. "
David Bowie
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" Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. "
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" You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. "
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" Food is art and science. So, you take something out, you have to work with the recipe to make sure that you're providing delicious food with cleaner labels. "
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" I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums, if it hadn't have been for Berlin and the kind of atmosphere I felt there. "
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" The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. "
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" I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place. "
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" Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. "
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" The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating. "
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" There's nothing more mundane than sitting across from a celebrity in a sterile gray conference room. But when the star sitting across from you is Taraji Penda Henson, you are being treated to a master class in the art of the hustle. "
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" Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. "
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" Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. "
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" I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. "
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