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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the maj

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people cant eat it. – Leo Tolstoy

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The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy

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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. – Leo Tolstoy

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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside. – Valentino Rossi

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One of the things youre doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right. – Brian Eno

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

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The reason the art world doesnt respond to Kinkade is because none – not one – of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. Theyre all cliche and already told. – Jerry Saltz

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Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. – Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva

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I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business. – Harvey S. Firestone

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The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. – Bertrand Russell

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For me, food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and an appropriate amount of poultry, fish, and red meat that are sourced from good places, youre doing well. Its important to make sure that the meat youre consuming is hormone-free. – Curtis Stone

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