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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."
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"In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'"

"Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country."

"The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments."

"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."

"In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork."

"Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well."

"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

"Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life."
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