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“When I'm painting people in clothes I'm always thinking very much of naked people, or animals dressed.”
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“Uncle Jihad used to say that what happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of those events affect us. My father and I may have shared numerous experiences, but, as I was constantly finding out, we rarely shared their stories; we din't know how to listen to one another.”
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“I preferred an artist who transformed his time, not mirrored it." - reference to Andy Warhol”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“He keeps us waiting rather than wishing for him. I feel it a matter of perfect indifference whether he arrives at any moment or not at all.” — Lady Harriet Cavendish of George Beau Brummell”
― Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style
― Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style
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