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The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.
from the book "" by Alfred N. Whitehead
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Unfortunately for the modern dramatist, during the past century and a half the public realm has been less and less of a realm where human deeds are done, and more and more of a realm of mere human behavior. The contemporary dramatist has lost his natural subject.
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Even if the painting is green, well then! The subject'is the green. There is always a subject; it's a joke to suppress the subject, it's impossible.
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Those things which are most real are the illusions I create in my paintings.
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event.
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A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
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The design is to avoid the imputation of pedantry, to show that they understand men and manners, and have not been poring upon old unfashionable books.
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To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all.
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These critics with the illusions they've created about artists, it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up. I cannot be on the way up again. What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean. I'm not interesting in being a dead (expletive) hero. So forget 'em, forget 'em.
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One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy.
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