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No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and… — Claude Monet
I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting harder to please;… — Claude Monet
If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often, thankfully, but you know, she's doing (oh, she's good at some things)… — Ken Robinson
As paradoxical as it may seem a great sculptor is as much a colourist as the best painter, or rather the best engraver. He plays… — Auguste Rodin
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. — Pierre Corneille
Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: )You… — William Saroyan
Paint with whatever material you please - with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, painted paper, or newspapers. — Guillaume Apollinaire
What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they… — Joshua Reynolds
PERFORM all acts with as much love as you would offer God. In Truth, you eat for the satisfaction of the I in you and… — Sathya Sai Baba
Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call… — Sathya Sai Baba
I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don't… — Andrew Wyeth
I hope always to earn my living by my art without having ever deviated by even a hair's breadth from my principles... to please anyone… — Gustave Courbet
Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please. — Philip Sidney
As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as… — Arthur Hugh Clough
Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with… — Robert Schumann
My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a… — Anjelica Huston
American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible. — Ang Lee
Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization. — Alexander Pushkin
Please don't drive drunk, okay? Seriously... But by all means, walk drunk. That looks hilarious. Everyone loves to watch someone act like they are trying… — Amy Poehler
Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit… — Vladimir Putin

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