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Quote by Frank Auerbach
To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize i

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painters imagination. – Frank Auerbach

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It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning. – Frank Auerbach

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There are moments when a mans imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. – Edith Wharton

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I dont know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. Im glad hes coming back. Its going to be good for the show. – Matthew Ashford

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Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. – Samuel Johnson

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The English language is nobodys special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. – Derek Walcott

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