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The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tend

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide

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The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide

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Listening
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. – Andre Gide

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Men
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Can space break? I mean the space of art galleries. Over the past 100 years, art galleries have gone from looking like Beaux Arts salons to simple storefronts to industrial lofts to the gleaming giant white cubes of Chelsea with their shiny concrete floors. – Jerry Saltz

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The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly – to develop strategies of seeing and showing. – Edward Tufte

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Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we dont start measuring her limbs. – Pablo Picasso

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There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music. – Jim Davis

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If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. Ill never be a frustrated athlete. – Brian Bosworth

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Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view. – August Strindberg

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