"This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother."

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Source : Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.343, Macmillan

Janet Malcolm

#Mother Quotes #Art Quotes #Theft Quotes

“After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me.”

Source : William Lilly (1822). “William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681”, p.44
“What does it take to become a saint? Will it.”
“want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this presidential election. And you also wrote a series of columns during the campaign, very tough on Donald Trump. You called him a disgusting human being and now you're calling the election a moral 9/11 only 9/11 was done to us from the outside. We did this to ourselves.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.”
“My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.”

Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.116, Penguin
“I work seriously with complete integrity. I never, never, never have offered a part to anyone who didn't deserve it, and I've never not delivered when I do offer a part. My word is better than a contract.”

Source : Source: www.rollingstone.com
“My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.”

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