"In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a model and whose finest and most beautiful aspects they are always striving to imitate and reproduce."

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Source : Giorgio Vasari, George Bull (1978). “Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artists”, Viking Pr

Giorgio Vasari

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“... an institution cannot be run progressively on a basis of fear.”
“I couldn't stand for a flag that represented tyranny and oppression. Not just from a domestic perspective but from a global one. It's supposed to represent equality and justice for all, and I believe the flag is a symbol that's supposed to represent the character of the people. When that character is not in line with what I believe in, then I'm opposed to that symbol. I couldn't see myself standing and still can't.”
“I'm not an early bird at all. Ideally, on Saturday morning I'd allow myself a lovely lie-in. 10:45 would be just right.”
“If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males.”
“You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can.”
“Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.”

Source : Barbara Bretton (2001). “A Soft Place to Fall”, Berkley
“I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy.”

Source : "Haitink lays down operatic baton on his 75th birthday". Interview with Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2004.
“Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.”

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