Jacob Epstein Quotes

The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.

Jacob Epstein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sculptor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 10, 1880 - August 19, 1959

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Designer pricing should hurt, but it shouldn't kill you. You wince when you hand over your AmEx, but once you get it home, you never regret it. You divide it by how many days you're using it, and suddenly it becomes affordable.

Michael Bastian

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One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down and it follows us around and that's just a fact of life.

John Pomfret

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I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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Under President Obama, the IRS formed a committee to aggressively go after churches and other religious organizations using the Johnson Amendment of 1954 to limit their free speech.

Steve Scalise

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Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me.

Roger Zelazny

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Without creativity, I'd be just 'blah blah blah.'

RJ Cyler

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Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup for the car!

Romain Grosjean

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When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.

Rowan Atkinson

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I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.

Jonathan Evison

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Ethics in government has always been important to me.

Chris Bell

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What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

Phyllis George

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Clearly communicate your project: Imagine explaining it to someone not familiar with tech.

Sunil Nagaraj

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