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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or… — Fernando Botero
The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I don't consider myself to be a painter. I think of myself as someone who has used the medium of painting in an attempt to… — Kenneth Patchen
Praise is declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place God has given you. Praise is a proclamation that the enemy's… — Darlene Zschech
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected… — Alan Parsons
I have tried many times to express my feelings, but at each attempt, I find myself tongue-tied. — Unknown Author
You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed. — Carlisle Floyd
Impatience is a hindrance. As with all things if you attempt to take shortcuts, the final destination will rarely be as good and may even… — Chris Bradford
Do not delegate an assignment and then attempt to manage it yourself - you will make an enemy of the overruled subordinate. — Wess Roberts
The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person. — Betsy Lerner
Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group… — Colleen Atwood
It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be merely avant-garde. Originality… — Michael Foley
There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream. When a city accepts as a mandate its quality of life,… — Jaime Lerner
In a world where inequality of ability is inevitable, anarchists do not sanction any attempt to produce equality by artificial or authoritarian means. The only… — Laurance Labadie
Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean. — Dionysius Lardner
Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy… — Gabriel Zaid
No one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at… — Alain de Botton
There is, I think, nothing in the world more futile than the attempt to find out how a task should be done when one has… — Alexander Meiklejohn
Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such as understanding the… — Albert Einstein
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next article… — Tench Coxe

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