"The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It is painting that is the genius of the painter, poetry of the poet, and a person is a creative artist to the extent that he participates in that genius."

-- Harold Rosenberg

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“The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal to accept exploitation as either inevitable or just constitute the continuing antinomy of the modern era, joined together in a dialectic which has far from reached its climax in the twentieth century.”

Source : Immanuel Wallerstein (2011). “The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, With a New Prologue”, p.357, Univ of California Press
“I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love.”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (1996). “Beauty and Sadness”, Vintage Books
“I'm standing at a crossroads. I'm not entirely sure what the future holds ... I'm at a crossroads, but it's a little bit different than the crossroads I've been at before because I'm doing what I do because I love it, and doing what I do because it's pure passion.”

Source : "A Minute With: Billy Ray Cyrus on Miley and his "Hillbilly Heart"". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. April 17, 2013.
“Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.”
“When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave To do the like; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty. True hearts spread and heave Unto their God, as flow'rs do to the sun. Give him thy first thoughts then; so shalt thou keep Him company all day, and in him sleep.”
“In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.”

Source : John O'Hara (1934). “Appointment in Samarra”
“Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.”
“Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the Stephen King of the genre. Your book is hot. Thanks for letting me read it. Anyone who doesn't want to publish it is a fool. Anyway, since I know it's your birthday, and I also know you never remember to back anything up, here's a little something I made for you. It would be a shame if Ransom My Heart got lost before it ever saw the light of day because your hard drive crashed. See you tonight. Love, Michael”

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