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Quote by James Baldwin
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists

All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. – James Baldwin

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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love. – James Baldwin

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Sex
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. – James Baldwin

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Anger
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The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of arts audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. – Paul Gauguin

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Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isnt any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in turn creates fantastically unstable interplay and argument. – Jerry Saltz

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. – William Hazlitt

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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? – Ludwig van Beethoven

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By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. – Proverb

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And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and Id see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead. – Michael Jackson

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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. – A.A. Milne

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Im actually living my life with the material I choose to work with. – Ang Lee

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