"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

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"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

"The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

"So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work."

"The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being."

"So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here."

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