"Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade."

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Jerry Saltz

#Artist Quotes #Past Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at your from within and attacks the immune system. When you have hatred inside you, it always crushes you in the end.”
“I can't save you like that Ty. What you did to me wasn't this brilliant thing, like you think it was. You took me away from everything - my parents, my friends, my life. You took me to the sand and the heat, the dirt and isolation. And you expected me to love you. And that's the hardest bit. Because I did, or at least, I loved something out there. But I hated you too. I can't forget that.”
“I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.”
“It's no fun to lose, ... We haven't lost in a while and now we get to remember what it feels like. Everybody wants to be undefeated and that's what we wanted. There are no excuses.”
“Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.”
“My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.”
“The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.”
“In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?”

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