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Art Quotes - Page 490

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.

"10 Things That Piss Off Tom Petty". Interview with David Wild, www.rollingstone.com. November 14, 2002.

Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.

"Superheroes movies like Avengers Assemble should not be scorned" by Tom Hiddleston, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2012.

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.22, Macmillan

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.3633, Delphi Classics

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.133, Lulu.com

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

"From Broadway to BUNHEADS, Sutton Foster Previews Her New ABC Family Series". Interview, www.thetvaddict.com. June 6, 2012.

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

"Stella McCartney: 'Fashion people are pretty heartless'" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2009.