"If you give a child something very complex to paint, such as a bouquet of flowers or a natural landscape, if he is very good, eventually he will get back - like Cezanne - to the essential forms of what he sees."

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Source : Robert Motherwell, Dore Ashton, Jack D. Flam, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1983). “Robert Motherwell”, Abbeville Pr

Robert Motherwell

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“I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.”
“At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general.”

Source : Jung Chang (2008). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“I've discovered that people don't actually want to have things spoiled, and they really try to avoid spoilers.”
“We do have the power to save one another . . .”

Source : "iTunes Originals: Gloria Estefan". iTunes Interview, itunes.apple.com. June 5, 2007.
“I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.”
“In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.”
“The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.”

Source : "The failures of the press". The Guardian, June 3, 1992.
“The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.”

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