"The point of painting is not really deception…" — A. S. Byatt
"The point of painting is not really deception or imitation."
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101 Quotes by A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt has 101 quotes on this site.
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Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses,…
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and…
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a…
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be…
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I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly…
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I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask…
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from…
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I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are…
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I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.
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More Deception Quotes
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a…
— Jane Austen
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One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
— Georges Bernanos
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
— Josh Billings
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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those…
— David Bohm
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Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
— Sissela Bok
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While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
— Sissela Bok
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority,…
— Giordano Bruno
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The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And…
— Herman Cain
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
— Taylor Caldwell
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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly…
— Elias Canetti
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part,…
— Graydon Carter
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