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"Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten."
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"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying."

"Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much."

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

"Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not."

"I'm simply saying that there are advantages in sending a skilled diplomat who can always say, 'I'll get back to you on that, Mr. Minister'."

"As soon as Young read my statements and saw clearly what I was saying, he stopped communicating with me."

"While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying."

"Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake."
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"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."

"I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient."

"I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me."

"A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object."

"I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback."

"My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms."
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