"The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society."

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Source : Ben Shahn (1957). “The Shape of Content”, p.73, Harvard University Press

Ben Shahn

#Artist Quotes #Conservative Quotes #Members Quotes

“I've never claimed that this is investment art. When we first started out, all the art colleges and universities across the country would sort of badmouth what we were doing. It's funny that a lot of them now are sending us letters saying, 'We may not totally agree with the way you paint, but we appreciate what you're doing, because you're sending literally thousands of people into art colleges.”
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
“In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don't worry. Be happy.”

Source : Song: Don't Worry Be Happy
“We're really into combining lots of different styles into one song: that's normal for us. It might seem arbitrary but we listen to a lot of music that does that.”
“We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.”
“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”
“One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles.”
“I sometimes use music as way of getting back to a certain time, dredging up stuff from the past and putting it down on canvas.”

Source : "Wild Horses, William Burroughs And White Cake With Danny Fox". Interview With Christiana Spens, thequietus.com. September 22, 2013.

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