Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting... view

By: Tom Wolfe

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Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry... view

By: Rita Rudner

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Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting... view

By: Josef Albers

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My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that there's a consistency that holds out, but is hard to define... view

By: Lee Krasner

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We all know pain doesn't exist without some coexisting depression... view

By: Jerry Hall

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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony... view

By: Benjamin Britten

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The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher... view

By: Anne Sullivan Macy

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A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available... view

By: Daniel Akaka

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One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie... view

By: Mark Stevens

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I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me... view

By: Hugo Weaving

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I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them... view

By: Mike Thompson

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