Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949
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Friendship’s a noble name, ’tis love refined.
—Susanna Centlivre, 1703When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, c. 1770If you have any soul worth expressing, it will show itself in your singing.
—John Ruskin, 1865The only justification of rebellion is success.
—Thomas B. Reed, 1878Good men must not obey the laws too well.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1807Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverbNew things are always ugly.
—Willa Cather, 1921I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993Life’s no resting, but a moving.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, c. 1795