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Quote by Charlie Chaplin
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be ex

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose. – Charlie Chaplin

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The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. – Charlie Chaplin

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All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side. – Marguerite Young

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Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherines beauty and Renees frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were. – Colleen Atwood

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I think love and beauty are what life is all about. – John Derek

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The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art. – Edward Tufte

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