"With my art, it's the one thing..." - Quote by Frank Ocean
With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.
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“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.”
“It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.”
“I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.”
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“The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings.”
“When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.”
“There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.”
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“I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young.”
“Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”
“I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.”