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"I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion."
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"Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it."
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"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."
Famous
"The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning."
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"You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much."
People
"I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion."
Expectation
"I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid."
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"On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting."
Ideas
"There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
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"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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Personal Development
"Expectations create and shape reality."
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Personal Development
"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
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Personal Development
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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Personal Development
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
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Personal Development
"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
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Personal Development
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
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Personal Development
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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