"Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us. A photograph of an art object is not the art object. An essay about an artist's work is not the artist's work."

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Source : Carl Andre, James Sampson Meyer (2005). “Cuts: Texts 1959-2004”, p.30, MIT Press

Carl Andre

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“How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, September 1, 2004.
“There is an uncalculating, unaffected, unbound excitement in us when the Spirit is given freedom to express Himself through us.”
“Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.”
“God's heartâ€¦is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.”
“You in the back," said the principal. "Don't think you can hide. Tell me. What would you like to be?" "Dangerous," said the hidden girl, without a second's hesitation.”

Source : Kirsten Miller (2011). “Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City”, p.18, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“At what age should one marry? As a rule of thumb, perhaps not until you are past the age of feeling strongly that you must marry.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.209, iUniverse
“No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission.”
“But there is much beauty here, because there is much beauty everywhere.”

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