"To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano."
-James Whistler
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"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."
-James Whistler
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"The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."
-James Whistler
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"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."
-James Whistler
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
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"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin
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"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
-Michael Collins
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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
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