E. A. Bucchianeri famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have been bored stiff long enough I think.
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So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.
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Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they're ratified into law.
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Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.
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An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
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...it's just another one of those things I don't understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity
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It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.
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Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world.
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It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.
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Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.
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It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.
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If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
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Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the world. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.
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There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.
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Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.
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We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.
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There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
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Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.
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You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.
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There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.
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When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.
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The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.
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Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.
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Yet, beauty cannot be forgotten, Eternal Wisdom can never die.
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Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.
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... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.
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Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or indeed, to understand this magnum opus in its entirety, from this point onward his drama was the rule by which all other Faust adaptations were measured. Goethe had eclipsed the earlier legends and became the undisputed authority on the subject of Faust in the eyes of the new Romantic generation. To deviate from his path would be nothing short of blasphemy.
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Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.
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It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
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True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers, But found in the soul within.
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Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor.Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded.Plato: That is correct.Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.
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You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.
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Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.
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If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.
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Tempted to type meaningless twaddle all the time on Twitter...with alliteration, no less!
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A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.
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You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.
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While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
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Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other. They were words only the heart could hear and understand, words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.
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Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.
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Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.
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If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.
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Ah, the magic of music, with it, all things are possible.
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By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.
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It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person's life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle.
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... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
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You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.
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There is much to discover that's not on the back cover!
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You'll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.
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You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.
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The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has.
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The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one's grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.
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Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.
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God Is, Lucifer is a devil, and there is a Hell.
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While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn't sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn't such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all.
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Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.
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... far be it from a Frenchman to interfere with love.
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In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
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There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.
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No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed.
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If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.
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Twitter... 140 character limit... must be a great tool for fortune cookie writers.
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... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book - if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book.
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Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before.
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If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?
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The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?
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Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don't know you're having one until you're right in the middle of it.
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It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity.
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I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd.
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