"I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too."

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Source : Siri Engberg, Kiki Smith, Linda Nochlin, Walker Art Center, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005). “Kiki Smith: a gathering, 1980-2005”

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“I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.211, Scholastic Inc.
“When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.”
“If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You get into trouble if you criticize big business. The roof falls in if you criticize Congress. And we're getting increasingly cautious in criticizing the Administration. The pressures are getting worse.”
“There can be no peace, no stability as long as occupation and aggression continue.”
“My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority.”

Source : "In Search Of Dylan McDermott". www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.”

Source : Samuel Richardson (1820). “Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life : and Particularly Shewing the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage”, p.255
“Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.”

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