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" Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh. "

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" Art is not meant to change the world, but when you see people interacting, when you see an impact on their lives, then I guess in a smaller way, this is changing the world. So, that's what I believe in. That's why I'm into creating more and more interactions. "

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" Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination. "

" Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me. "

" Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting. "

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" The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. "

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" Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. "

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" The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. "

" Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. "

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" The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. "

" I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature. "

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