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If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear… — Joel Salatin
It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts. — Mae West
In a painting, what counts is the unexpected. — Georges Braque
I find that it is important to work slowly. Anyone who looks at such a canvas will follow the same path the artist took, and… — Georges Braque
A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way, and… — Walter Pater
Do we dare to be ourselves?' This is the question that counts - and not, 'Must a man be helpless?' ...A man can do something… — Pablo Casals
Remember, itÂ’s the finish, not the start, that counts the most in life. — John C. Maxwell
To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working. — Paul Cezanne
There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you have all experienced… — Philip Guston
There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life; it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's a… — LeRoy Neiman
People think that their vote counts. They go to college, and everything gets mixed up. People stop caring, ... They raise the gas prices, but… — Shia LaBeouf
The message we have internalized is clear - we are what we do and what we own, not what we are inside ourselves. Where it… — Joan D. Chittister
We have learned that the things we amassed to prove to ourselves how valuable, how important, how successful we were, didn't prove it at all.… — Joan D. Chittister
Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art. — Walter Darby Bannard
When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next. — Walter Darby Bannard
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It's not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts. — Theodore Roosevelt
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into… — Theodore Roosevelt
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for… — Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... — Theodore Roosevelt

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