"The ugliest spectacle is that of artists selling themselves. Art as a commodity is an ugly idea... The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist."

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Source : Ad Reinhardt (1975). “Art-as-art: the selected writings of Ad Reinhardt”, Viking Adult

Ad Reinhardt

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“There are only two things that are absolute realities, love and knowledge, and you can't escape them.”
“Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss....”
“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

Source : "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.
“You become what you think. You are what you eat.”
“The responsibility of the executive is (1) to create and maintain a sense of purpose and moral code for the organization; (2) to establish systems of formal and informal communication; and (3) to ensure the willingness of people to cooperate.”
“Must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy.”
“Seth put his ear against the door. "I can't hear anything." "There are probably ten of them patiently waiting on the far side, ready to pounce." Brownies are shrimps. All I'd need are some heavy boots, a pair of shin guards, and a weed whacker." The image made Kendra giggle.”
“Honestly, I don't like to brag about myself, but I really think I'm the only boxer who came out better from a Hopkins fight.”

Source : "Pascal: 'I learned from the Hopkins fights'" by Brian Campbell, proxy.espn.com. January 15, 2014.

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