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"And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter."
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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."

"An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear."

"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."
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"The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him."

"And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love."

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

"First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard."

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating."

"There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else."
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