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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin

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An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome. – John Ruskin

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The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. – John Ruskin

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One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom. – Thom Yorke

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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. – John Ruskin

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Theres a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. Theres a lot of sex, you know, in art. Theres a lot of naked women and men, and theres intrigue, theres fakery. Its a real microcosm of the larger world. – Steve Martin

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Art must take reality by surprise. – Francoise Sagan

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Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor. – Samuel Richardson

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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. – Isaac Goldberg

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Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldnt normally be called upon in life. – Jenna Fischer

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