Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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It's unfortunately true that if you mess up a single detail of the art world the whole thing seems false, and most writers are not in a position to get the details right, because they don't hang around with artists. It's not something you can get the vague gist of. It's too specific.

Rachel Kushner's Popular Quotes

It's amazing how life conspires to set you up with what you need.

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I was doing that thing the infatuated do, stitching destiny onto the person we want stitched to us.

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To be alive is to listen quietly while other people talk. That's how you learn something.

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I love to be alone, I find it necessary, but I don't know if that's just how I am or if it's an essential ingredient to making, to art. Certainly on …

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And here I arrive at my point. The point is that everyone has a different dream. The point is that it is a grave mistake to assume your dream is in a…

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I don't really see art as structured by logic.

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I think art is much more about an engagement with the world, a way of being called upon and recognizing that the world is speaking to you. Which isn'…

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People who want their love easy don't really want love.

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A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.

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