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The only people who claim that money is not important are people who have enough money so that they are relieved of the ugly burden of thinking about it.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 16
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I believe that any form of art is a species of exploration and transgression. ... Art by its nature is a transgressive act, and artists must accept being punished for it. The more original and unsettling their art, the more devastating the punishment.
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That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea.
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Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject.
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... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.
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