"I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out."

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Source : Alex Katz, Vittoria Coen, Lisa Liebmann (1999). “Alex Katz. Catalogo della mostra”, Hopeful Monsters

Alex Katz

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“When something is bothering me, I seek refuge. No need to travel far; a trip to the realm of literary memory will suffice. For where can one find more noble distraction, more entertaining company, more delightful enchantment than in literature?”
“As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.”

Source : "Advancing Education: A Governor’s Lesson" by Michael F. Easley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 4, 2009.
“You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.”
“Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway.”
“Overnight the digital age had changed the course of history for our company. Everything that we thought was in our control no longer was. But within a year we had invested in social media and digital experts. Now Starbucks is the number one brand on Facebook.”
“I don't want to work on stuff I don't like.”
“I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet.”
“Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.”

Source : "I Could Have Sworn". Interview with Alison George, www.slate.com. September 8, 2013.

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