"Now the culture is made of old things, it's a collage. Art made out of art is not art. You're supposed to make art out of life."

-- Fran Lebowitz

#Art Quotes #Old Things Quotes #Culture Quotes

“They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.”
“It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.”
“As a student, you have to learn what areas are most difficult for you... Those are the same difficulties you'll have as a professional artist, so the school is the place to notice them and to find a way to make them work.”
“Now I just have these reddish scars there. I guess I always will, although Goody says theyâ€™ll fade over time. I donâ€™t know if I want them to fade. That probably sounds totally freaky, but part of me doesnâ€™t want to forget what it felt like, even though it hurt. If I forget about the pain, I might also forget that it was a really stupid idea to do it in the first place.”
“It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.”
“You just have to be adventurous and that's the way I like to work. I think that's the role of the artist, to do something difficult, doing it first for himself. That's my definition of sincerity.”
“Certain Academy Awards like Sound and Visual Effects and Editing are sometimes referred to as technical awards. They're not technical awards. They're given for artistic decisions. And sometimes we make them better than others, and I guess we made a couple of good ones on this one.”
“Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.”

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