Quote by Steve Martin
Theres a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important

Theres a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. Theres a lot of sex, you know, in art. Theres a lot of naked women and men, and theres intrigue, theres fakery. Its a real microcosm of the larger world. – Steve Martin

Other quotes by Steve Martin

Chaos in the midst of chaos isnt funny, but chaos in the midst of order is. – Steve Martin

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funny
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I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like Letterman and The View, and Ive heard nice things about being able to do that. I really havent felt any negativity toward me or my music. – Steve Martin

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Music
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You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. – Steve Martin

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Art
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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. – T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

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Art

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art. – Charles Baudelaire

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Art

A man and his art are like a fool and his king. – Terri Guillemets

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Art

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. – Pablo Casals

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Art

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Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield. – Aesop, “The Man and His Two Wives,” Fables

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I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. Thats why I have opposed Israels settlement policy since 1973, and thats why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967. – Alan Dershowitz

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All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations. – Marge Piercy

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Women

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world. – Maurice Chevalier

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