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“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
― Edgar Degas

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”
― George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
― Aristotle

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”
― Aristotle

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
― Aristotle

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.”
― Cree Indian Prophecy

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country