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Art is the triumph over chaos. John Cheever

You don't have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step. ⁠ ⁠ Martin Luther King, Jr

Indecision may or may not be my problem. Jimmy Buffett

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. Oscar Wilde

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. Robert Motherwell

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. Duke Ellington

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. John Updike

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. Robert Motherwell

Which one are you?

I guess I get bored easily, and thank God. I don't want to all my life pound only the same key, although some artists do it very effectively. I'm not trying to denigrate anybody. #JohnBaldessari

That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter, and I'm sort of reporting. #JohnBaldessari

When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job. #JohnBaldessari

It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood. #JohnBaldessari

I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both. #JohnBaldessari

I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization. --George Catlin