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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."
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"Artists are traditionally resistant to labels."
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"I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape."
Man

"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs."
Artist

"Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo."
Jungle

"Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death."
Death

"The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo."
Jungle

"This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones."
Time

"No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them."
Trust
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