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“Art means to dare - and to have been right.”
Source : W Magazine, October 10, 1980.
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“All writers are waiting for replies. That’s what I’ve learned. Maybe all human beings are”
Source : Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.335, A&C Black
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“Minds fettered by this doctrine no longer inquire concerning a proposition whether it is attested by sufficient evidence, but whether it accords with Scripture; they do not search for facts as such, but for facts that will bear out their doctrine. It is easy to see that this mental habit blunts not only the perception of truth, but the sense of truthfulness, and that the man whose faith drives him into fallacies treads close upon the precipice of falsehood.”
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“I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.”
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“Achieving goals is a creative process. The first step in the creation of your primary goal takes place in your conscious mind. Through the aid of your senses and/or your imagination, you must form a very clear, concise image of yourself already in possession of your goal.”
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“There're a lot of old religious beliefs that keep us stuck. Because we're afraid of the answers, a lot of us just don't ask the questions of God.”
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“While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible, and from which all excellences must originally flow.”
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“All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.”
Source : Thomas Hoving, Grant Wood (2005). “American Gothic: The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece”, Chamberlain Brothers
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“New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.”
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“If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.”
