"Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age weâ€™re living in All cultures have had means and techniques of expressing their immediate aims â€“ the Chinese, the Renaissance, all cultures. The thing that interests me is that today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source, they work from within."

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Source : Interview with William Wright, 1950.

Jackson Pollock

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“It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.”

Source : Raymond Chandler (2011). “The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely”, p.43, Modern Library
“In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.”
“Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano.”

Source : Italo Svevo (1969). “Further Confessions of Zeno”, p.126, Univ of California Press
“Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit.”
“A prosecutor's job is to file the evidence wherever it takes us.”

Source : "What Is The Cultural Impact Of Bill Cosby's Arrest On Sex Crimes?". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. December 31, 2015.
“What it does remind us is that 'God' is not to be separated from the quest for the Kingdom of God and is not and cannot be the object of any detached 'scientific' contemplation. Heidegger's critique of onto-theology is also driving a wedge between speaking of God and the aims of science - not so as to get rid of God but rather to free God from a false objectification.”

Source : "Towards hope". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. July 18, 2014.
“If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about worms to speed our study of higher organisms.”
“I get to surf every day.”

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