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Quote by Arthur Koestler
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the p

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. – Arthur Koestler

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When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college — that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?” – Howard Ikemoto

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Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. – Walter Murch

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The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana

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The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. – Jerzy Kosinski

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