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Every artist is a man who has freed himself from his family, his nation, his race. Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true cultur...more

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An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.

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An artist is a person first.

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I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.

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... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

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Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.

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Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.

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For all the pain you suffered, my mama. For all the torment of your past and future years, my mama. For all the anguish this picture of pain will caus...more

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Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the insid...more

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How can we expect to know everything about God?"He looked at me, his eyes narrowing."I call that ambiguity," I said. "Riddles, puzzles, double meaning...more