"Jed Perl writes precisely and ecstatically. Antoine' s Alphabet is a history and a fairy tale, a work of criticism, and a work of art."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

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“Each day is a day that God has given us, and each moment of that day is in His hands.”
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
“A negative is never finished.”

Source : Sigmar Polke, Paul Schimmel, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), Site Santa Fe (Gallery), Corcoran Gallery of Art (1995). “Sigmar Polke: photoworks, when pictures vanish”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
“Unfortunately, at present, practically no one under thirty goes to workshops. It's a system of education entirely for the middle aged.”
“I just really like fun, cool, interesting, quirky girls. And sometimes you find that in 6'2 model bodies and sometimes they're short and brunette. All shapes and sizes - it's really about the personality. That sounds cliche, but it's so freaking true!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.”

Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin
“Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages.”

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