Quote by Paul Valery
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves w

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. – Paul Valery

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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. – Khalil Gibran

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The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing. – Jerry Saltz

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I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but Ive done many. – Robert Indiana

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