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I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

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The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the call that arises within him from three strong voices: the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art. ↗

— Federico García Lorca

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The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. ↗

— William Faulkner

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Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." ― Pablo Picasso ↗

— Pablo Picasso

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I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration. ↗

— Arthur Holitscher

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I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

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I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some fatal attraction draws me down into the abysses of thought, down into those innermost recesses which never cease to fascinate the strong. I shall spend my life gazing at the ocean of art, where others voyage or fight; and from time to time I’ll entertain myself by diving for those green and yellow shells that nobody will want. So I shall keep them for myself and cover the walls of my hut with them. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Don't just be a consumer, be a creator. Somewhere inside you is a masterpiece waiting to be exposed. ↗

— Raimy Diaz

#authenticity #be-yourself #creativity #find-yourself #personal-growth

Inside Critics The critical voices in our own heads are far more vicious than what we might hear from the outside. Our "inside critics" have intimate knowledge of us and can zero in on our weakest spots. You might be told by the critics that you're too fat, too old, too young, not intelligent enough, a quitter, not logical, prone to try too many things... It's all balderdash! Some elements of these may be true, and it's completely up to you how they affect you. Inside critics are really just trying to protect you. You can: Learn to dialogue with them. Give them new jobs. Turn them into allies. You can also dismantle/exterminate them. ↗

— S.A.R.K.

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