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"The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments."
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"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

"People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit."
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"I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about."

"Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller."

"Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis."

"Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it."

"Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't."

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

"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."

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

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