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" Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. "
Jonathan Swift
People
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" I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. "
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" To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!' "
Langston Hughes
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" The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art. "
Alfred Stieglitz
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" I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. "
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Think
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" Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? "
Alfred de Vigny
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" My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture. "
Carlos Slim
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" Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. "
Socrates
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" Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. "
Isaac Newton
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" Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating. "
William S. Burroughs
Visual
Writing
Picture
" Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. "
Twyla Tharp
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Home
Way
" It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
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" Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization. "
Federico Garcia Lorca
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Besides
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" So vast is art, so narrow human wit. "
Alexander Pope
Wit
Narrow
Art
" All good art is an indiscretion. "
Tennessee Williams
Good Art
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" A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. "
Wendy Carlos
Best
Nice
Surprise
" May you live all the days of your life. "
Jonathan Swift
Live
Your
Days
" All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him. "
W. H. Auden
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Work
" Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. "
Publilius Syrus
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" You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms. "
Marissa Mayer
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" Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people. "
Kenneth Lonergan
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You
People
" The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. "
William Hazlitt
Enjoy
Endure
Little
" Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.' "
Jef I. Richards
Art
Creative
Advertising
" Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. "
Ansel Adams
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Believe
Art
" Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. "
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Innocent
" A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. "
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Company
" Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? "
Paul Gauguin
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" Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you. "
Yoko Ono
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Matter
" The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. "
Ulysses S. Grant
Simple
Moving On
Moving
" You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating. "
Nicki Minaj
You
Become
Art
" To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection. "
Jay Samit
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