"As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion."

-- Jasper Johns

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“When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.”
“It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.”
“The world, and therefore the workplace, is full of idiots. And the reality of life is that when you get rid of one idiot, another will show up to take his place. It's the curse of humanity.”

Source : Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.89, Penguin
“I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.”
“I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay" is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person. Our differences and prejudices pale next to our historic challenge.”

Source : "Bigotry That Hurts Our Military". www.washingtonpost.com. March 14, 2007.
“There was a different ending to New Moon originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bellas head.”
“Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history.”
“I'm just at the beginning of my career and because of that I don't consider myself a star.”

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