Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

John Dryden

John Dryden

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Love is the noblest weakness of the spirit.

John Dryden

John Dryden

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Defects, like straws, float upon the surface; he who would search for pearls must dive below.

Dame Daphne du Maurier

Dame Daphne du Maurier

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Sometimes life happens like this: when it's the horses that have worked, it's the coachman who receives the tip.

Dame Daphne du Maurier

Dame Daphne du Maurier

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Happiness is not a commodity to be hoarded; it is a way of thinking, a state of mind.

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

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There is nothing more common than a passion for art.

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

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When governments take on the task of protecting the arts, it is the end of everything.

George Duby

George Duby

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The footprint of a dream is no less real than that of a footprint.

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

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There are millions of artists who create; only a few thousand are accepted or even discussed by the audience; and of those, even fewer still become consecrated by posterity.

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

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Living is more a matter of what one spends than what one does.

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

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Against all opinion, it's not the painters but the spectators who make the paintings.