"In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing."

-- Vincent Van Gogh

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“If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.”

Source : Michael Schudson (2013). “Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society”, p.242, Routledge
“Youâ€™re not supposed to animate drawings. Youâ€™re supposed to animate feelings.”
“As an academic I feel I should intellectualize and theoretically analyze when all I really want to do is let the work take me somewhere, manipulate me, and then rough me up a bit. When it comes right down to it, I only want to spend time with work that makes me think and teaches me something while making my body react.”
“I was born a singer. I need to do that.”
“Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.”
“Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration].”
“There are things we know and things we don't know about food. But there are certain basic things we do know, and that's what I've tried to build these rules on.”
“When I am chopping trees out in the woods because I heat my house with wood, I feel myself right in the middle of God. Mahalia Jackson said "I have seen God. I have seen the sun rise." So, in a sense, when anyone looks in the mirror, they look at an infinitesimally small part of God.”

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