"When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an artist, art is the truest expression of yourself. Even if you're painting a life you don't have."

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Deborah Solomon

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“Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.”
“I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.”

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“I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.”
“Without God, I don't see how folks cope.”
“People always like things that seem exotic.”
“Now is the time to scrub ideology out of the energy discussion, so we can make bi-partisan progress towards investing in a shared and better future.”
“We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!”
“People always say be true to yourself. But thatâ€™s misleading, because there are two selves. Thereâ€™s your short term self, and thereâ€™s your long term self. And if youâ€™re only true to your short term self, your long term self slowly decays.”

Source : Brandon Stanton (2015). “Humans of New York: Stories”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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