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Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with… — Marcus Aurelius
Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him. — Marcus Aurelius
Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every… — Pablo Picasso
It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else. — Mary Oliver
It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital… — Simone de Beauvoir
Perhaps I might be satisfied, momentarily, with a work finished at one sitting, but I would soon get bored looking at it; therefore, I prefer… — Henri Matisse
Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done... — Henri Matisse
If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh,… — Edgar Degas
My aim is to give you only the things with which I am completely satisfied, even if it means asking you a little more [time]… — Claude Monet
It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done. — Claude Monet
From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel… — Emile Zola
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals, new beginnings. If… — Thomas Merton
I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday... I look back on my life as a good day's work,… — Grandma Moses
I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics. — Li Ka-shing
I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only… — Paul Cezanne
In the hierarchy of colors, green represents the social middle class, self-satisfied, immovable, narrow... — Wassily Kandinsky
What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold I tried to achieve in… — Maurice de Vlaminck
I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do not get bloated… — Emily Carr
We are not satisfied with peace alone. There has to be prosperity, there has to be affluence, there has to be fulfillment in life, not… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day? — Tim Ferriss
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise… — Herbert Read
In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness… — Teresa of Avila
Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which… — Louise Bourgeois
Let it not be assumed that the artist is so smug as to dislike true criticism. No sincere artist was ever completely satisfied with his… — Walter J. Phillips

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