To any situation the reaction may be different. That's why it's useless - in a way - to memorize patterns, because the… — Vladimir Vasiliev Copy Share Image
“philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists… — Joseph Agassi Copy Share Image
Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I understand that in people's eyes, classical music is kind of a lost and dying art, but in my eyes, it's like,… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked… — Henry Ossawa Tanner Copy Share Image
I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Many sportsmen, like myself and my team-mates, artists, and musicians all have unique chances and responsibilities to make themselves heard. We have… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life,… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
art is the most general condition of the Past in the present. ... Perhaps no work of art is art. It can… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I think sometimes in the art world theres an implication that you need an entry-level education to walk through the door of… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
It seems to me that some releases these days are so collab heavy to the point the artist seems like a guest… — Cise Star Copy Share Image
How I wished I'd have had a camera of my own, a mad mental camera that could register pictorial shots, of the… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
The creative ability of an artist is manifested only if he succeeds in transforming the natural phenomena into 'another reality.' This part… — Frantisek Kupka Copy Share Image
When you have the catalog of work, it doesn't feel like you've got one shot to get it right; it's just like,… — Blake Mills Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, all you really have is your own sense of your artistic ability and I've always stuck… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
“Turning off or tuning out people was my highly developed art. The custom of letting obedient children be seen but not heard… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
“We go eastward to realize history, and study the works of art and literature, retracing the steps of the race; we go… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
People like Sam Smith and Adele, they're album artists but for me, where I go around the world and sounds are changing… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see.… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
The only things that distinguish the photographer from everybody else are his pictures: they alone are the basis for our special interest… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
I think what's beautiful when you're looking at artists like Macklemore and you're looking at artists like Ayron Jones, they're proud of… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
“Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. 'That's some… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Our life is our masterpiece, it's up to us on how we paint our story. It's up to us how we see… — Nathaniel E. Quimada Copy Share Image
I was always behind in class. There was people in my class who was amazing at art, amazing at maths, amazing at… — Amy Childs Copy Share Image
It is when we create things for God's sake that our work most clearly promotes His glory, rather than threatening to compete… — Philip Graham Ryken Copy Share Image
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I was a cover artist for years. I didn't start writing songs until I was in my mid-twenties. I wrote them with… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
It's assumed that if you're a woman, you want to be the prettiest version of yourself. It always put me in a… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
The only kind of work which permits an able woman to realize her abilities fully, to achieve identity in society in a… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Mankind has failed miserably in its effort to devise a rational system of government. [...] The art of government is the exclusive… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Hollywood seduces a person who's used to making theater, art, and having success on their own terms and then tries to squish… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
There are a lot of classic Goapele tracks that are obviously me. And I'm also just trying to keep evolving and grow… — Goapele Copy Share Image
When you're writing a 25-minute episode that can be anything, sometimes you just start with a character, and you let them walk… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
“Color is something that cannot be defined by era, style or artistic trends. Thus it always has the power to speak in… — JOH & Company Copy Share Image
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