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“I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.”

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David Hockney is a renowned British photographer, born on July 9, 1937. His works are known for their unique perspective and color application, which have had a profound impact on the development of photographic art. more

“In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only way people can meet as equals, and exchange ideas. Culture then becomes primarily the voice of the oppressed and it takes over from politics as a driving force for change.”

People Way Ideas Culture Force Voice Independent Driving Oppressed Avenues Driving Force Independent Thought

Author:Daniel Barenboim

“Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.”

World America Enemy Information Standing Defeat Torture

Author:Barack Obama

“The French Revolution gave us three... powerful ideas, or concepts - liberty, equality and fraternity. But these ideas... are not only right in themselves, but they are so because they come in the proper order. You cannot have equality without liberty, and you certainly cannot have fraternity without equality. The importance of this I learnt from music, because music evolves in time, and therefore the order inevitably determines the content.”

Ideas Order Three Powerful Liberty Revolution Music Is Concepts Importance Determine Evolve Fraternity French Revolution

Author:Daniel Barenboim

“I was stuck on the side of a mountain in Scotland. I was looking down on emptiness. I lay on my back and looked around in panic. I prayed to God and relaxed. I realised if I turned carefully on my front I could see bits of grass to hold on to.”

Ifs Bits Sides Fronts Mountain Lays Stuck Grass Emptiness Panic Scotland Relaxed Realised Looking Down

Author:Ivor Cutler

“I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout We belong Here. We belong.”

Past Song Rights My Future My Past

Book:Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems

Source: Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems

“I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.”

Light Beautiful Morning Missing Early Morning Start The Day Morning Light

Author:David Hockney

“I always thought of Annenberg as my sort of guy.”

Guy

Author:Lucky Luciano

“Use the Day of Atonement not to pray for the dead but to act for the living, to rescue those about to die.”

Use Dies Praying Rescue Atonement

Author:Howard Zinn

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