#tis

The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate. ↗

— James Schuyler

#artist #communicate #first #impossible #make

Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#answer #any #ask #beltway #both

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#artist #becoming #could #i #rebirth

I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home. ↗

— Gary Glitter

#come #done #home #i #living

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one. ↗

— Dimitri Shostakovich

#because #composition #creative #creative artist #his

'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#comprehend #consent #equal #force #hard

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ↗

— Philip Green

#british #closed #could #down #home

Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#dudes #industry #ok #say #these

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. ↗

— John Sladek

#exactly #expensive #far #future #like

Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #mean #mistakes #more #often