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“The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. ”
― Marcel Duchamp

tags: art, artists, individuality, man, personality

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“When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

tags: artists, deep-thoughts, digging, enjoyment, learning, metaphorical, pain, poet, scenery, strength-through-adversity, unstoppable, writing

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“Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: accomplishments, anger, betrayed, bitterness, blindsighted, blown-off, broken-hearted, compassion, confidence, creativity, dignity, dumped, ego, erasing-the-past, false-confidence, false-worth, forgiveness, forgiving-others, freedom, games, giving, growth, hatred, hidden-agendas, hurt, ignored, inner-joy, inner-peace, live-free, low-self-esteem, move-on, new-beginnings, obvious, peace, pride, proud, proving-worth, real-value, rebel, repentance, restituition, revenge, seeking-approval, self-hatred, self-love, spiritual-growth, start-over, steps-of-repentance, stubborn, the-past, truth, truth-follower, value

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“I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

tags: artists, conformity, creativity, example, following, irony, leader, rules

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“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."

[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]”
― Robert Hughes