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“Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.”
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“It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.”
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“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.”
Source : "Creating We : Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking and Build a Healthy, Thriving Organization". Book by Judith Glaser (p. 144), 2007.
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“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.”
Source : Ad Reinhardt (1975). “Art-as-art: the selected writings of Ad Reinhardt”, Viking Adult
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“Art is not the spiritual side of business.”
Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.56, Univ of California Press
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“We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.”
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“I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I don’t waste things – food, money, friendships or opportunities.”
Source : Alek Wek (2007). “Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel”, Virago Press (UK)
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“Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.”
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“The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him. ”
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“Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.”
