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"Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?"

"Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness."

"Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate."

"I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange."

"Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings."
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"Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns."


"We always thought the Tom Tom Club could change to anything, but it acquired this image, which was cartoon animation and this real light-hearted dance music."


"Talking Heads, for me and Chris, was a very personal thing that we shared with a lot of people. In a way, I'm glad it's over, because it allows us to move beyond the restrictions that followed."


"It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it."


"I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild."


"We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together."


"We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God."


"We're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives us a charge, because they keep it interesting all the time."


"If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you."
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