"There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted."

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Henri Matisse

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“I am on an emotional roller coaster ride to survive and to conquer obesity, not only for myself but also for everyone that battles some kind of addiction.”
“The steadily inward look leads us all to death, nations as well as persons, and is equally infantile in them all. Perhaps the most useful thing I have learned in my lifetime is that the process of maturing gradually turns the mind away from the small-self to the greater-self that is only served by serving others.”
“In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things.”
“Large corporations and unions know the power of being big enough to bargain for better rates.”
“Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important.”
“I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.”
“I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard.”
“Every problem that is interesting is also soluble.”

Source : David Deutsch's response to the Edge Annual Question: "What is Your Law?", www.edge.org. 2004.

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