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" Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

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" I love playing with makeup. Makeup has become a thing where it's an art form. It's not a thing where you use it because you need to feel beautiful or because you don't like the way you look. "

" In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties. "

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" It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. "

" Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. "

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