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"Poetry is an art that uses words to paint vivid pictures of perceptions and emotions."

"Be an artist in everything you do."

"Art is a relection of the mind and a vision of the heart."

"She lives in the poetry she cannot write."

"Art is the reflection of an imaginative mind."

"This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive."
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"Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture."

"Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field."

"We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother."

"The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning."

"Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next."

"Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice."

"My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions."

"To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom."
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