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An empty canvas is a living wonder â€” far lovelier than certain pictures. — Wassily Kandinsky
Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He… — Willem de Kooning
Art shouldÂ notÂ have to be a certain way, — Willem de Kooning
I think its important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. — Vaclav Havel
We live in the postmodern world, where everything is possible and almost nothing is certain. — Vaclav Havel
I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's… — Poul Anderson
A religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not… — Robert A. Heinlein
That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue. — Sally Ride
Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I have learned or read. Since then, I have acquired… — Emanuel Lasker
Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land. — Leon Krier
In a certain sense, everything is everywhere at all times. For every location involves an aspect of itself in every other location. Thus every spatio-temporal… — Alfred North Whitehead
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of… — N. Scott Momaday
There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we return to such… — N. Scott Momaday
But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is right.… — Claudia Schiffer
My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that… — Andrew Carnegie
We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us… — Malcolm X
When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin Now the… — Clarence Thomas
I'm sure every designer has a certain person in mind who they would ideally like to wear their clothes, but the problem is that a… — Kate Upton
I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find the research. It's my responsibility to digest it and… — Oliver Stone
This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say so, and yet unable to… — Jose Saramago

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