"What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait."

-- Charles Baudelaire

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“The last six years afforded me much time and food for thought. I came to the conclusion that the human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.”

Source : "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.”

Source : Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA
“That's my goal, is to stay in a truthful place. And sometimes that means writing a silly song, or singing about sex or singing about environmental destruction or heartbreak, or my grandmother. The subject isn't what the core is about, it's about truthfulness and authenticity and that just comes from my heart and soul.”
“When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.”
“The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.”

Source : "Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. March 20, 2010.
“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.”
“I'm working my way toward divinity.”
“Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.”

Source : Interview with Madonna, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2010.

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