"As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me."

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Source : William Baziotes (1978). “William Baziotes: A Retrospective Exhibition : an Exhibition”

William Baziotes

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“As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin.”

Source : "Ron Chernow is the author of 'The House of Morgan' and 'The Warburgs'". Frontline Interview, www.pbs.org.
“I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.”
“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
“A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.”
“The essence of training is the experience of training and what you learn about yourself through it. Training is about the process. You will get there and there is one simple thing to do it. Consistency.”
“It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.”
“I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I thought the best thing to do would be nothing, and in that way things couldnâ€™t get any worse.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.102, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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