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" Trash has given us an appetite for art. "

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" Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall. "

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Louis Kronenberger

" The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. "

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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 must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. "

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" The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. "

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