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My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they… — Louise Bourgeois
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to many interpretations, but… — Louise Bourgeois
Painting is something that takes place among the colors, and one has to leave them alone completely, so that they can settle the matter among… — Rainer Maria Rilke
A man who lives with intentions is bound to feel frustration. A man who lives with expectations is bound to feel frustrated because existence has… — Rajneesh
At first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing. But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in… — Lee Friedlander
No matter how deeply disturbing the thought of using the environment to manipulate behavior for national advantages to some, the technology permitting such use will… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the media, schoolbooks, and pulpits to… — Richard Holbrooke
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more states would really… — John Paul Stevens
Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health is not something you need… — Dean Ornish
There are many disturbing news. We believe that the production of conventional petroleum reached peak oil already in 2006. The oil fields in the North… — Fatih Birol
Israel is a solid ally of the United States. We will rise to Israel's defense, if need be. So this kind of menacing talk [by… — George W. Bush
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children… — George Bernard Shaw
I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard,… — Oprah Winfrey
I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world.… — Gwendolyn Brooks
A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?. — Georges Braque
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. — Gillian Flynn
I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of… — Gillian Flynn
Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is no… — Jack White
We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where… — Herb Kohl
These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy… — John Kenneth Galbraith
There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with… — Tony Blair
All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don't think… — Edward Albee
So whom does God wrong in commanding the destruction of the Canaanites? Not the Canaanite adults, for they were corrupt and deserving of judgment. Not… — William Lane Craig
Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain… — Elie Wiesel
Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness. — William S. Burroughs

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