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“An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization.”
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“We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.”
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“We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.”
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“All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.”
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“When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.”
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“Poetry is a rhythmical piece of writing that leaves the reader feeling that life is a little richer than before, a little more full of wonder, beauty, or just plain delight.”
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“Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces”
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“I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.”
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“There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.”
Source : "Daily Negations". Book by John S. Hall, 2007.
