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Duke Ellington

"Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it."

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"Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it."

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

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"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

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"The proper stuff of fiction does not exist everything is the proper stuff of fiction every feeling every thought every quality of brain and spirit is drawn upon no perception comes amiss. And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her as well as honour and love her for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured."

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"Be an artist in everything you do."

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"A good artist does not just make imaginations beautiful to the mind, but also more pleasant to the eye with a superb visible touch of excellence."

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"I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed."

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"The writing of somemenis like a vast bridgethat carries youoverthe many thingsthat claw and tear.The Wine of Forever."

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"Music gives life to the soul."

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"In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up."

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"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."
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"Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees."
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"There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone."
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"People do not retire. They are retired by others."
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"A man is a god in ruins."
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