"I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the side of the wall, then it's up to you."

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Ben Eine

#Meaningful Quotes #Wall Quotes #Taken Quotes

“We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.”
“All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”

Source : Thierry de Duve, Clement Greenberg (1996). “Clement Greenberg Between the Lines: Including a Previously Unpublished Debate with Clement Greenberg”, Dis Voir Editions
“When I looked into the mechanics of being a businessman, I found it wasn't rocket science.”
“I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?”

Source : "Dangerous Habits, Part 1: The Beginning of the End (Hellblazer, Issue 41)". Book by Garth Ennis, May 1991.
“There's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now, two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.”
“A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.”

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“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”
“Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.”

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