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Quote by John Updike
Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to

Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. – John Updike

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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

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You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike

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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things. – John Updike

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To me, photography is an art of observation. Its about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… Ive found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. – Elliott Erwitt

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Back then, I didnt have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isnt enough time. – Joni Mitchell

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Things are beautiful if you love them. – Jean Anouilh

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Art and works of art do not make an artist sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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