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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Man Ray

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !
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Affair Artist Hands World Worst

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