"Im going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didnt cause them any later embarrassment."

-- Julian Cope

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“Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approach a subject very much as a street photographer and a wanderer, without preconceptions. I try to leave it extremely intuitive and exploratory.”
“It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.”

Source : Tracy Chevalier (2012). “Tracy Chevalier 3-Book Collection: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Falling Angels”, p.52, HarperCollins UK
“Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person.”
“In politics it is necessary to take nothing tragically and everything seriously.”
“The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.”
“accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”

Source : David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.233, A&C Black
“I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless).”

Source : "Erik Satie". Book by Rollo H. Myers, New York: Dover, p.135, 1968.

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