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"I just want to be written about as a normal artist."
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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."

"Music heals all forms of misery."

"The man can neither make, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels."

"The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible."
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"I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself."


"I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree."


"When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist."


"Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love."


"Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil."
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