Art & Creativity Sayings

151 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 151 authors

It is not the State that creates wealth, it is the individual.

— Margaret Thatcher 1980
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My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We start bombing in five minutes.

— Ronald Reagan 1984
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I carry the hopes of my people in my heart.

— Yasser Arafat N/A
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I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

— Kurt Cobain 2001
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I am a simple man, but I have a big heart.

— Boris Yeltsin Approx. 1990s
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The beauty of me is that I’m very rich.

— Donald Trump 1999
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I am a simple electrician, but I have a big heart.

— Lech Walesa 1980s
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The world is a beautiful place, and we are all part of it. We are all connected.

— Desmond Tutu Uncertain
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The work of art is a scream.

— Michel Foucault 1980
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The point is that we should be trying to create a world in which we don't have to choose between bad and worse.

— Noam Chomsky 1992
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Music is no different from opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes people think of nothing but music and sensual matters.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
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I think I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters.

— Barack Obama 2008
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Imagine shooting a man with your last bullet, and he stands there UNFAZED.

— Andrew Tate Undated, post-social media bans
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The noblest art is that of making others happy.

— P.T. Barnum Late 19th Century
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Writing is the disappearance of the subject.

— Jacques Derrida 1967
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No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

— Houdini Early 20th century
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Modernity: we created a system where people are judged by their ability to tell stories rather than by their ability to deliver results.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2020
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I'm writing for black people, in the same way that Tolstoy was writing for Russians, not for a little white island in the Caribbean.

— Toni Morrison 1987
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I’m not a writer who writes. I’m a writer who reads.

— Maya Angelou 1990
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The world is too complex, too interconnected, for any nation to imagine it can isolate itself and remain unaffected.

— Wole Soyinka Unknown
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