"Language is a social art."

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Source : Willard Van Orman Quine, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Douglas B. Quine (2008). “Confessions of a Confirmed Extensionalist: And Other Essays”, p.289, Harvard University Press

Willard Van Orman Quine

#Art Quotes #Language Quotes #Social Quotes

“A lot of people in the art world hate to use the word "Photoshop", like it's cheating or easy or something. I say bollocks to that - for me, it's my tool, my paintbrush if you like, and lets me create my own visual language.”

Source : "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.
“Isolation breeds conceit.”
“I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.”
“Nothing easier. One step beyond the pole, you see, and the north wind becomes a south one.”
“The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.”
“Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.”
“I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Doing things the way you see it, going by your own heart and soul, that is pure artistic integrity. Whether the hair is six or sixty inches long, the eyes have make-up or not, the riffs are in 'E' or 'F' sharp, the amps are Marshall or not, all those things don't matter if you are doing it for the right reason, which to me means doing it for yourself!!”

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