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" I am not strong on perfection. "

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Michel Foucault

" The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. "

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" I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. "

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" An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. "

" 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. "

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" Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star. "

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" Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like. "

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" Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. "

" A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" Art is the objectification of feeling. "

Herman Melville

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" In art, there is no need for color; I see only light and shade. Give me a crayon, and I will paint your portrait. "

" We have art in order not to die of the truth. "

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" To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. "

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" From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. "

Marina Abramovic

" It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result. "

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