"All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity."

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Source : "Some Notes on Caravaggio". "Nimbus" Magazine, 1956.

Patrick Swift

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“The separation of psychology from the premises of biology is purely artificial, because the human psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body.”
“American Christians have been woefully silent on important issues. I am an American citizens now, and I love this country, but I see symptoms in the United States that I saw in Austria in 1938 when the Nazi Germans were terrorizing Europe.”
“I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.”
“The reason I like incorporating the Yakuza into my movies - all their actions, everything they do, you can say 'It's ok because he's a Yakuza'. Changes happen very quickly in their world. If you were trying to make a movie about politicians, it would takes years and years for something to change; whereas for Yakuzas, it could only take one night and things can change dramatically.”
“I live as I choose or I will not live at all.”

Source : Song: Free To Decide
“We will reduce the White House staff by 25 percent”
“Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do anything to have it - even knowing that it was bad for you?" "Of course," Adam replied. "All truly enjoyable things in life are invariably bad for you - and they are even better when done to excess.”
“A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.”

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