"The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself."
"If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words."
"Metropolitan Life"
"Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
The Dilbert Principle
"Rembrandt painted 700 pictures. Of these, 3,000 are still in existence."
"When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy."
"The finest collection of frames I ever saw."
British chemist when asked what he thought of the Paris art galleries
"A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself."
"I think trash is the most important manifestation of culture we have in my lifetime."
"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
"Immature artists imitate, mature artists steal."
"Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up."
novelist
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