"I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings."

-- Damien Hirst

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“They are bearcrawls ... a bearclaw is a donut”
“La mort n'est que pour les meÂ diocres. Death is only for the mediocre.”
“It's the weird thing Eton does - you're at school next to lords and earls and, in my case, Prince William, so you end up being used to dealing with those sorts of people.”
“The pleasant books, that silently among Our household treasures take familiar places, And are to us as if a living tongue Spake from the printed leaves or pictured faces!”
“The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.”
“Everything affects my poetry, every day something happens that changes me forever. Iâ€™m susceptible and plastic, thin-skinned and moody.”
“You see it in schools all over... the concept that 'I'll be somewhat less than my best in order to make those around me feel more comfortable' is alive and well... I'm very keen that they understand that if they make themselves a little less than they can be, it is a one-way street to mediocrity.”
“The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.”

Source : Brian Crozier (1993). “Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991”, HarperCollins Publishers

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