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“Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians.”

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Frank Stella is an influential American painter born on May 12, 1936. Known for his minimalist style and unique painting techniques, Stella's works have had a profound impact on the art world. more

“I always get into arguments with people who want to retain the old values in painting - the humanistic values that they always find on the canvas. If you pin them down, they always end up asserting that there is something there besides the paint on the canvas. My painting is based on the fact that only what can be seen there is there... What you see is what you see.”

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Author:Frank Stella

“Let's go and get drunk on light again - it has the power to console.”

Light Drunk Drunkenness Console

Author:Georges Seurat

“They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it.”

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“You people sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who cut out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your wife is next'.”

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Author:Gordon Strachan

“Cameras in court are just messengers; don't blame them, blame the participants.”

Cameras Blame Court Participants Messengers

Author:Greta Van Susteren

“The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer.”

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Author:Hjalmar Schacht

“Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.”

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Author:Hjalmar Schacht

“But what you could perhaps do with in these days is a word of most sincere sympathy. Your movement is carried internally by so strong a truth and necessity that victory in one form or another cannot elude you for long.”

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Author:Hjalmar Schacht

“The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he tells stories,' was C.S. Lewis and the 'Narnia' books.”

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Author:Neil Gaiman

“No other content company has Sony's intuitive grasp of technology and no other company has Sony's intimate understanding of the demands of content.”

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Author:Howard Stringer

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