"Van Gogh, among others, believed in the religion of art, which, whatever else it involved, made it clear that art is more than the sum of its material characteristics and not simply a reflection of everyday life."

-- Donald Kuspit

#Art Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Everyday Quotes

“We always get rejections, whether it's in love or anything in life. And then negativity tends to creep in. But hopefully we are honest towards the people around us so that we can conquer it.”

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“One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion.”
“Potential has a shelf life.”
“I'm what you'd call a regular guy with a big job.”
“Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.”

Source : Jules Feiffer (1963). “Feiffer's Album”
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.”

Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.64
“I wonder if my shrink (sorry, psychiatrist) was a woman not a man I'd be in a better or worse state?”
“I never had come up with a really profound and strong gesture - nothing like Julia Butterfly's. So I figured the best thing I could do was live by my beliefs. That's probably the most profound thing that anybody can do.”

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