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To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
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How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."
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The traditional difficulty of balancing the mechanical with the imaginative schools of photography still operates. In schools of photography meaningful art education is often lacking and on the strength of their technical ability alone students, deprived of a richer artistic training, are sent forth inculcated with the belief that they are creative photographers and artists. It is yet a fact that today, as in the past, the most inspiring and provocative works in photography come as much (and probably more) from those who are in the first place artists.
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There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
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So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
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The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense.
