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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be. — Wallace Stevens
The important thing is not the camera but the eye. — Alfred Eisenstaedt
Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging,… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint... I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything,… — Keith Haring
Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind. — Dalai Lama
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you… — John McEnroe
It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world. — Bernie Siegel
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… — John F. Kennedy
In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let… — John Naisbitt
The mind's direction is more important than its progress. — Joseph Joubert
I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial. — Paul Hawken
Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What's… — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity… — Bertrand Russell
What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity… — Warren G. Bennis
Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started… — William Golding
Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them. — Joseph Addison
One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile. — Napoleon Hill
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important… — Beverly Sills
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important. — M.C. Escher
After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as the art of… — Leonardo da Vinci

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