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"When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation."
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"The world has been loaned to humanity by the universal powers of creation."

"It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one."

"Artists are cannibals. We consume other artists, and they become part of us-flesh and bone-only to be spewed out again in our own works."

"Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy."

"Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back."

"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."
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"Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total."

"My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality."

"If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction."

"America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture."

"When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies."

"When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris."
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