"My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. There's not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think."
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"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."
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"There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books."
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"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."
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"The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That art thou'); the Atman, or immanent eternal Self, is one with Brahman, the Absolute Principle of all existence; and the last end of every human being, is to discover the fact for himself, to find out who he really is."
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"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."
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"We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children."
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"Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred."
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"As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see."
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"Comic books themselves are getting more literate. And there are people who are screenwriters and television writers and novelists who are writing for the comics, for some reason, they love doing it and some of the art work in the comics, I mean it rivals anything you'll see hanging on the walls of museums, they're illustrations more than drawings and all the people are discovering this and they're turning on to it."
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"Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
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"Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist."
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"Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them."
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"Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art."
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"Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me."
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"Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion."
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"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."
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"I don't say everything, but I paint everything."
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"Art is an idea that has found its perfect visual expression. And design is the vehicle by which this expression is made possible. Art is a noun, and design is a noun and also a verb. Art is a product and design is a process. Design is the foundation of all the arts."
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"Art is to look at not to criticize."
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