"When you come up in the art world, whatevers in the air, the issues of the moment, end up becoming part of the working method or modus operandi of how you think about doing a painting. And I came up at a time when-actually painting was dead when I came up. Sculpture sort of ruled."

-- Chuck Close

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“I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.”

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“What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure.”
“I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.”
“Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.”

Source : 'The Prologue' (1650)
“I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.”
“Unfortunately, unlike when my parents grew up, you can't turn social media off. It's not like you can go home and avoid the bully's wrath. It follows you everywhere and is 24/7, and especially in the cases of assault that go viral. I mean, your worst nightmare is literally on the internet forever and that is a reality that very few people understand.”

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“I hate the vamp jobs. They think they're so suave. It's not enough for them to slaughter and eat you like a zombie would. No, they want to be all sexy, too. And trust me: vampires? Not. Sexy.”

Source : Kiersten White (2010). “Paranormalcy”, p.7, Harper Collins
“Being the foundation is what I live for, some people call it being in the pocket, some people call it a groove. I think it's the heartbeat. There's nothing that feels better than that.”

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