"So much of the hubris that surrounded conceptual art in the 1950s through '70s was that it had this arrogant presupposition that pointing in and of itself was a creative act. It never rigorously politically and socially analyzed the fact that the luxury to point is something that so many people throughout the world don't have."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Art Quotes #Luxury Quotes #People Quotes

“Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house.”
“At least with pets, and for all I know, people too, intelligence and quick-wittedness have nothing to do with a talent for being loved, or being kind, nothing at all, less than nothing.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.62, Vintage
“Through the Australians, and the Japanese, too, I suppose, the Americans get their message across, but not in a heavy-handed way.”
“The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people.”
“I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Man, my girl is one tough chick when she wants to be. I wonder if it has something to do with those big, comfy granny panties sheâ€™s got on.”
“We call 'Slavery is wrong' a moral truth because there is a specific history of theoretical investigation of a particular kind of slavery. We discussed it for centuries in metaphysical, economic, biological, and philosophical terms; we listened to all the arguments pro and con, we read all the testimonies of slaves and witnesses, and we decided. Though this 'we" is not everybody on earth, or even most people, who've never thought about slavery much.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival.”

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