"What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy."

-- Victor Pinchuk

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“I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience”

Source : Bridget Riley (2009). “The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009”
“I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.”
“I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.”
“Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. Itâ€™s becoming critical. We donâ€™t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to whatâ€™s already here. Itâ€™s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.”
“I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.”
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable.... The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference; they deserve a place of honor with all that's good... A free people ought to be armed.”
“I watched a lot of comedy growing up.”
“Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.”

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