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Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray
Marriage Other Duet Sings Should
The natural desire of good men is knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci
Good Knowledge Natural Men Good Men Desire
Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers. Leonardo da Vinci
Science Practice Soldiers Captain
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Leonardo da Vinci
Life Courage Fear Protects Just
How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting. Leonardo da Vinci
Record Only Remains Princes Sought How Fame Died Order Gain Them Might Riches Many Lived
I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable. Lucian Freud
Try Style Think About Never Pictures Look Make Just Believable
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo
Art Trifle Trifles Perfection Make
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. Pablo Picasso
Others Oneself Pathetic Necessary Copy
Vision is the true creative rhythm. Robert Delaunay
Creative Vision True Rhythm
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. Salvador Dali
Age Ambition Seven Has-Been Steadily Since Napoleon Been Six Wanted Cook Growing Ever
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. Vincent Van Gogh
Good Picture Good Picture Equivalent Deed Good Deed
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. Vincent Van Gogh
Looking Everywhere Paper Easy Poetry Putting Surrounds Us Alas
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh
Love God Best Think Way Best Way Know Always To Love Many Things
With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.' Yayoi Kusama
Art Me Moon Nothing Live Stars Universe Earth Philosophy Hundreds Sun Circumstances Mystery Through Pursuing Stereotypical Call Led Repetition Just Achieved Unfathomable Just One Dot Us Millions
You can be very wild and still be very wise. Yoko Ono
You Wise Wild Still Very
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show. Andrew Wyeth
You Winter Fall Bone Beneath Something Structure Feel Waits Story Prefer Landscape Show Whole
I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it... I always want to see the third dimension of something... I want to come alive with the object. Andrew Wyeth
Feeling Alive Dimension See Object Something Come Around Always Real Real Feeling Subject Texture Want Realness Search Third
I think everybody should like everybody. Andy Warhol
Think Everybody Like Should
I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people. Daphne Guinness
Best You People Try Made Mistakes Down Tell See Wrong Understand Boy Still Been Very Times Closed-Minded Mean Let Down Amount
It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory. Edgar Degas
Memory Better Transformation Imagination Draw Only Sees Well Very Which Far Now Copy
What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. Edward Hopper
Art Side Sunlight House Wanted Paint
Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water. Fernand Leger
Needs Man Water Fire Live Colour Man Needs Just Element Necessary
Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style, his conviction, and then color is just a gift to the drawing. Fernando Botero
Gift Style Conviction Everything Drawing Color Almost Almost Everything Identity His Just Sketching Then Painter
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. Georgia O'Keeffe
Me Singing Think I Think Seemed Perfect Since Spontaneous Most Sing Always After Cannot Means Paint Expression Violin
Beauty has a lot to do with character. Kevyn Aucoin
Character Beauty Lot
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. Leonardo da Vinci
Memory Intelligence Argument He His Authority Just Anyone Who Appealing Using
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