"For me, art history is like a feather bed - you fall into it and it catches you."

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Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2013.

David Salle

#Art Quotes #Fall Quotes #Bed Quotes

“Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction lie.”
“He who considers too much will perform little.”
“If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.”
“I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.”
“Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.”
“If you can't find anybody else, then I'll go. So, they couldn't find anybody else. So, I went.”
“On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.”
“I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.”

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