"The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste."

-- Diego Rivera

#Artist Quotes #Trying Quotes #Levels Quotes

“She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.”
“Legacy media accuses young people of being apathetic while actively attempting to remove them from the discussion.”
“Thereâ€™s this thing called progress. But it doesnâ€™t progress. It doesnâ€™t go anywhere. Because as progress progresses the world can slip away. Itâ€™s progress if you can stop the world slipping away. My humble model for progress I the reclamation of land. Which is repeatedly, never-ending retrieving what it lost. A dogged and vigilant business. A dull yet valuable business. A hard, inglorious business. But you shouldnâ€™t go mistaking the reclamation of land for the building of empires.”
“A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from one to another.But when it encroaches on productive consumption it diminishes public riches.”
“Being witty was the only side effect of being depressed that was working for me.”
“I knew my mother was right, but that didn't change the way I felt about things. People always think that if they can prove they're right, you'll change your mind.”
“Go ahead, make my day.”
“Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.”

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