"I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street."

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Source : Store Days: Documents from the Store (1961)

Claes Oldenburg

#Art Quotes #Helping Quotes #Old Lady Quotes

“You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!”
“Sleep is to a man what winding up is to a clock.”
“A car's not the right place for showing off to a girlâ€”the bed's the place for that. The consequences of a mistake there are more upsetting, but less tragic.”
“Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.”
“I'm looking for men who can give me security.”

Source : "Elisabetta Canalis on George Clooney Split: 'Break-ups Are a Personal Failure'". Chi Magazine Interview, www.digitalspy.com. September 08, 2011.
“How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had we come up with the notion that oat bran is more natural to eat than chicken?”

Source : Valerie Martin (2013). “The Great Divorce”, p.39, Vintage
“Consider the biggest animals on the planet: elephants, and buffaloes, and giraffes. These are vegetarian animals. They grow to thousands of pounds of muscle and bone without ever eating cheeseburgers and pepperoni pizzas.”
“No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all.”

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