"Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing……" — David Douglas Duncan
"Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend, and took thousands of photographs, of him, his studios, his life and his friends."
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10 Quotes by David Douglas Duncan
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So many people are exploiting the name Picasso - and, in a way, even the estate is doing it.
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War is in the eyes.
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My only rule: I never photographed the face of the dead, ever, out of respect for the families.
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Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.
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The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American.
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Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple…
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With Germany conquered, the Kremlin checkmated, Japan converted, it became easier - safer - to peek around looking for someone…
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Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam were perfect for Lyndon Johnson: 220 million against 18 million, water buffalo and all. No…
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Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.
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More Audacity Quotes
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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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The first quality that is needed is audacity.
— Winston Churchill
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will,…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
— Jean Cocteau
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The new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.
— Georges Danton
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What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin,…
— Dick Gregory
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Beginning with audacity is a very great part of the art of painting.
— Winston Churchill
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Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.
— Georges Danton
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In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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