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" Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. "

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" Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter. "

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" To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. "

" Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. "

Winston Churchill

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" Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

" I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes. "

" I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. "

" I love art, being so close to the galleries, being by the water - and sunsets from the terrace. "

" 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. "

" A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. "

" There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. "

" What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession. "

" Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time. "

" Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. "

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

" 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. "

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Camille Pissarro

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