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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Dec 07, 2017

Pablo Picasso,
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.

Dec 07, 2017

Ansel Adams,
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The best reason to learn from Leonardo, however, is not to get a better job but to live a better life.

Oct 01, 2017

Walter Issacson, The Wall Street Journal
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Search for what is good and strong and beautiful in your society and elaborate from there. Push outward. Always create from what you already have. Then you will know what to do.

Oct 01, 2017

Michel Foucault, City Paper
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I don’t believe in the phrase ‘aspiring writer.’ To me it’s just, you’re a writer.

Dec 15, 2016

Shonda Rhimes, Entertainment Weekly interview
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Creativity isn’t like a freight train going down the tracks. It’s something that has to be caressed and treated with a great deal of respect...you’ve got to program your brain not to think too much.

Oct 15, 2016

Bob Dylan, Forbes
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Elie Wiesel, of blessed memory, embodied the determination of the human spirit to overcome the darkest of evils, and survive against all the odds.

Jul 02, 2016

Benjamin Netanyahu, NPR
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It's the best thing that's happened to incidental sales since, I don't know, Tickle Me Elmo.

Dec 30, 2015

Ted Potrikus, Times Union
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When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn.

Oct 27, 2013

Eric Whitacre, Twitter
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Listen to yourself, and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

May 23, 2014

Maya Angelou, Twitter
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