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Content is a glimpse of something, an encounter like a flash. It's very tiny - very tiny. Content.
Willem de Kooning
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Willem de Kooning
Age: 92 †
Born: 1904
Born: April 24
Died: 1997
Died: March 19
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The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.
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The problem with property is that it takes so much of your time.
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Im not someone whos ever said anything definitive about his work. In my life also I have very little fixed form. I can change overnight.
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I have to change to stay the same.
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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
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