"I do not paint in front of but from within nature."

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Source : Diane Waddmann, Arshile Gorky (1981). “Arshile Gorky: 1904-1948, a Retrospective”

Arshile Gorky

“I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.”
“We are born in mystery, we live in mystery, and we die in mystery.”
“Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.”
“I did always want to write. And then, when I left New York, where I was working very steadily in the theater - I had done three Broadway shows in a row and was a bit burnt out - I moved out to L.A. and I was not working very much. I came in cold and I'd work for a week, but then I'd have a month or two off. I thought, "I'm going to go crazy unless I actually do write." Like a lot of things in life, it was a situation that came about by circumstances.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.”
“We thought there was also something that was humorous but at the same time powerful and deep about naming the album, 'Modern Vampires Of The City'.”
“Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.”

Source : "Everything I Know, I Learned from Warren Buffett". Interview with Christopher Caggiano, www.inc.com.
“We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described in the US constitution: the promotion of culture. Many artists are using recognition as their primary driving force to create culture.”

Source : "'Avast ye scurvy file sharers!': Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge". Wikinews interview, en.wikinews.org. June 20, 2006.

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