"Modernistic-Abstractionist-Art... consists of 75% explanation and 25% God knows what!"

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Source : Said to William O. Chessman on March 27, 1936. "Maxfield Parrish". Book by Coy L. Ludwig, 1973.

Maxfield Parrish

#Art Quotes #God Knows Quotes #Explanation Quotes

“There are only two things to remember. Number one...Don't Stop, and number two...Keep Going!”

Source : Frank Zappa (2011). “Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All (Songbook)”, p.6, Hal Leonard Corporation
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”
“Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.”
“If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.”
“A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should do it. And there are more than a few pianists these days who do this, fortunately.”
“I have to be as much diplomat as a photographer.”
“By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death”
“Music is love searching for a word.”

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