Quote by John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the

What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike

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I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. – John Updike

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A painting that is well composed is half finished. – Pierre Bonnard

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At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. – Jim Henson

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Artists dont talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, its stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. – Paddy Chayefsky

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Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. – Claude Debussy

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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. – Booker T. Washington

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