"Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction."

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Saul Bellow

#Art Quotes #Attention Quotes #Distraction Quotes

“Love stories always seem to be a spark.”
“I'd prostitute my talents if it would further my cause, steal if there was no way out, killing my friends or anyone else if it would help my art.”
“Buy gold and sit on it. That is the key to success.”
“A critic never fights the battle; they just go around shooting the wounded.”
“A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.”

Source : "I don't want to be a dictator or to be adored" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2004.
“When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.”
“If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation would be in a helluva mess.”
“There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family”

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