"I learned the tricks... If you want to do academic things, you can do them. It is not difficult. Yet it is from this difficulty - the mistakes and dead ends - that artists develop, not through the quick solutions and not from something you learn and apply."

-- Isamu Noguchi

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“Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.”
“The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.”
“You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.”
“There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves poets and have an academic stance. They've got something to lose if they say it's all poetry; if there's not music to it, and you have to wear a certain kind of checkered shirt or something like that. It's all the same. Lyrics are lyrics, poetry is poetry, lyrics are poetry, and poetry is lyrics. They are interchangeable to me.”
“I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.”
“I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.”
“No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll just stick with this one for a while and take my chances. I'll be brave.”
“The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.”

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