"Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life."

-- John French Sloan

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“If there are no books. There is no civilization.”
“The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.”
“Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.”
“It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”

Source : In Phyllis Bottome Alfred Adler (1939) p. 76
“If knowing the truth is sufficient for you, then practice the art of philosophy. If only living the truth will suffice, then practice the art of love through your mind, your emotions, and your body.”
“What I have in my power, that is my own. So long as I assert myself as holder, I am the proprietor of the thing.”
“I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.”

Source : Entertaining Mr. Sloane act 1 (1964)
“In using the style of the erotic/pornographic story, I am interested in dismantling stereotypes of an essential feminine identity, particularly one of exclusive tenderness and passivity.”

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