"Art is not for the personal satisfaction of one or the other, but art wants to return all what's in life... Art wants to give back everything what's in our lives. The more comprehensive the artist stands in life the more powerful his work will speak, and therefore a work of art is a measure of the mental size of his creator."

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Source : "Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger", Deurne, p. 44, 1994.

Bram van Velde

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“Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. Thats probably one reason I became an actor.”
“No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.”

Source : Israel Zangwill, Edna Nahshon (2006). “From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill's Jewish Plays : Three Playscripts”, p.288, Wayne State University Press
“I, serial number 30743, Lieutenant General in reserves Yitzhak Rabin, a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces and in the army of peace , I, who have sent armies into fire and soldiers to their death , say today: We sail onto a war which has no casualties, no wounded, no blood nor suffering. It is the only war which is a pleasure to participate in the war for peace.”

Source : Yitzhak Rabin's speech to the US Congress, July 26, 1994.
“Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.”
“I don't know what good composition is.... Sometimes for me composition has to do with a certain brightness or a certain coming to restness and other times it has to do with funny mistakes. There's a kind of rightness and wrongness and sometimes I like rightness and sometimes I like wrongness.”
“At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent”
“I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had.”

Source : FaceBook post by Paula Abdul from Oct 22, 2011
“Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.”

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