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“Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.”
“There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.”
“All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.”

Source : Joyce Cary (1985). “Triptych”, Penguin Classics
“I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.”
“Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”
“I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.”
“I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what they see. They want to record the visual world in their own, distinctive ways. We could call it "attention to detail," which also makes a good carpenter, for instance. To be what Emerson called the "transparent eyeball" (which is a phrase that makes me a little queasy) is a noble quest, I feel. It's a quest for honesty, and as Frost put it, a momentary stay against confusion. If I had more talent and courage, I would still love to be a painter.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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