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“Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.”
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“Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John Smith!”
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“Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human creations are seen to derive from humble origins and functions, what needs revision is not our esteem for these creations but our notion of nobility.”
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“If the Black woman is a queen, and I believe that she is, why would I settle for something less than royal?”
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“Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it’s habited.”
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“My mind and fingers have worked like the damned. Homer, the Bible, Plato, Locke, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Beethoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber are all around me. I study them. I devour them with fury.”
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“I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.”
Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005. 
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“The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed;”
Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.
