"I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth."

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James Dickey

#Art Quotes #Lying Quotes #Nerves Quotes

“...the best definition that I heard of that is that a bureaucrat is a Democrat who has a job that a Republican wants.”
“What's interesting about fashion is it's a world, and I think that's what I've done - I've made a contribution and I think I've built a world. The world is beyond just clothes. Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality.”
“Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine-not diet, not smoking, not exercise-that has a greater impact.”
“"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."”
“When you are present, your mind is silent. Free of opinions, concepts and beliefs and free of projections from the past and anxiety about the future, it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. And the expression comes from the center of your Being.”
“I definitely admire Blair Walsh the most. He's actually a pretty close friend of mine. Just how he went through his senior year at Georgia, I kind of went through the same struggles. He's been able to coach me through everything and help me. Everyone is there for a reason, and they're all great. On and off the field, there's a reason they're there.”
“How unhappy are you that your dishwasher has replaced washing dishes by hand, your washing machine has displaced washing clothes by hand or your vacuum cleaner has replaced hand cleaning? My guess is this â€˜job displacementâ€™ has been very welcome, as will the â€˜job displacementâ€™ that will occur over the next 10 years. This is a good thing. Everyone wants more jobs and less work.”
“One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.”

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