In fine arts, when you make a painting, it's just a painting. But if you make a painting in the entertainment industry, it can be an album cover or a t-shirt or a logo. I like that entertainment has this usefulness - that it's ultimately trying to make a bunch of people feel something, and to think about life and be able to use things that were so simple and direct but potentially have a really powerful effect.

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If no one else has ever told you this before, I will tell it to you one more time and hope you believe it and never forget it for the rest of your life: You deserve to be treated well.

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Your love is the ultimate love that empowers all your efforts, a true love for what is indestructibly and perpetually you.

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If pizza brings you joy, then by all means, love that pizza like your life depends on it. Because it does.

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It's usually better to focus on partying and let the other stuff take care of itself.

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It is OK to be happy in life. Even through all the strife, maybe especially during times of great pain and suffering. We still have to be able to stay close to that joy because we can't save the world in a bad mood.

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What people refer to as nerds or geeks, all they really are is people who are passionate about what they like, and aren't afraid of it. To me, it's very frustrating when people are discourage from being enthusiastic about things. This idea of the geek, or the nerd; all that person really is - and I would consider myself one - is someone who is not ashamed of liking what they enjoy.

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Anyone who says that money cannot buy happiness has clearly never spent their money on pizza.

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I think that deprecation part is a very important aspect because when someone looks into themselves, if they're going to be honest, they're going to see parts that are humiliating as well as parts that they might feel really great about. Take Lucas Samaras again, who made a lot of self-portraits. He makes one self-portrait where he is looking directly into the camera and looks so intense and cool. He says in an interview, "I wanted to present the best version of myself."

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Sometimes you have to open yourself to the random possibilities of, I guess, destiny.

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You always have to take responsibility for the choices you made. Once you can come to that truth, it's a very satisfying and relieving feeling. You don't have to fight anymore, you just get to do.

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We do what we like, and we like what we do.

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Someone who claims to know what happens after death is probably someone we should be suspicious of -- they might be a ghost.

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I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.

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We can only learn so much about our minds, because we are using our minds to do so.

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When people do things to make your dream come true, you owe them in one way or another. Everyone understands that for every dream that comes true for you, there might not be a dream coming true for someone else. When we trade one wish for another, there's a price to pay. It works like that

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In some ways, you do lose a bit of freedom but as you get older, you might realize that you've met someone pretty cool - maybe a soulmate - so you're getting released from the endless pursuit of going out and trying to meet new people. So now you get to put your energy into building something that's longer lasting and a bit more meaningful.

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I really like dark music and darkness in general and cynicism and pessimism and negativity because it allows you to create an even bigger contrast.

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At least once in their life, every man should feel what it's like to wear high heels.

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Everything is always going through changes in terms of attitudes or mood.

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I'm in relationship right now and one thing that I've loved about it is sharing the memories.

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