Art Quote by Dar Williams

“The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.”

Dar Williams

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“So I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving And you'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving And I'll talk in my sleep and you'll steal all the covers We'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers And I'll stay in my body and you'll stay in your own 'Cause we know that we're born and we're dying…

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The only word for love is everybody's name.

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Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

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All the things you treasure most will be the hardest won I will watch you struggle long before the answers come But I won't…

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She who loves last loves best.

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But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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