#masterpiece

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. ↗

— Voltaire

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Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident. ↗

— Sidney Lumet

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There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants. ↗

— Arnold Newman

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There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece. ↗

— Ted Nugent

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Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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