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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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