"Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For artists, everything is grist for the mill. Artists are like cockroaches; we can't be stamped out."

-- Elaine de Kooning

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“I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.”
“I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.”
“I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.”
“As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.”
“Fight your battles with words, not fists”

Source : Ann Martin, Ann M. Martin (2012). “Belle Teal”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.
“We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined us so closely to the world around us that we can feel the desertification of the soil almost as a physical ailment, and the extinction of a species as a painful disfigurement. Let us not leave in our wake a swatch of destruction and death which will affect our own lives and those of future generations.”
“Time is purple / Just before night.”
“It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.”

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