artist
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“I don’t want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.”
Raymond Pettibon
“OF A SCENE ON WHICH REAL ISM WAS NEW DRAWING”
2000
Ink, felt-tip pen, and newspaper collage on paper
27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Price Realised
EUR 6,300
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True
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It’s only wrong when YOU do it! The psychology of hypocrisy | Dean Burnett
“Humans are prone to the principle of least effort, often known as the ‘path of least resistance,’ which means they’ll go for whatever option requires the least work. Hypocrisy allows you to appear principled without having to be so, which is much easier than adhering to strict principles.”
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
– Kurt Cobain
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Van Gogh sold one painting in his lifetime. Was he not an artist?
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Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist
“The difference between bullshit and lying is that bullshit is constructed without any concern for the truth. It’s designed to impress rather than inform. And then lying, of course, is very concerned with the truth — but subverting it.”
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“Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work from his visual impressions. A realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.”
Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)
Ocean Park #137
1985
oil and charcoal on canvas
100 x 81 in.
Price realised
USD 22,587,500
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“You can’t truly understand another culture until you’ve lived in it.”
— Unknown
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“An idea is more important than style. Style is merely the vehicle for the idea.”
— Sol LeWitt
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dog-eat-dog
adjective
UK /ˌdɒɡ.iːtˈdɒɡ/ US /ˌdɑː.ɡ.iːtˈdɑː.ɡ/
used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people:
It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.