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Art Quote by Edward Bok

“Bok strongly believed that good art should find a place in public buildings where large numbers of persons might find easy access to it.” quote by Edward Bok — Download Open image

““Bok strongly believed that good art should find a place in public buildings where large numbers of persons might find easy access to it.””

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The price of success: hard work, patience, and a few sacrifices.

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A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever…

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The American advertiser has made the superior American magazine of today possible.

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Make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it.

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Find your place and hold it: find your work and do it. And put everything you've got into it.

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