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1 " The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth. "
― Blue Balliett , Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
2 " Depending on how you look at things. Your world could change completely. His thought, was that most people bend over backwards to fit everything that happened to them into something that they could understand. In other words, people some times twisted what was actually in front of them to fit what they they thought should be there, and never even realize they were doing it. People like to see what they were supposed to see and find what they were supposed to find. "
3 " Picasso said that art is a lie, but a lie that tells the truth" ... Calder wondered what Picasso had meant. Was it that art wasn't exactly the real world, but it said something real? "
4 " You will come to agree with me. "
5 " Picasso said that art is a lie, but a lie that tells the truth. "
6 " By the time they got to school, both were worn out by trying to think of something to say, and trying _not_ to say what they were really thinking. "
