The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

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• Golda Meir:

  Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

• Golda Meir:

  The dog that trots about finds a bone.

• Golda Meir:

  You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

• Golda Meir:

  There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to bla

• Golda Meir:

  Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

• Golda Meir:

  Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

• Billy Wilder:

  He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

• Billy Wilder:

  Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it mean

• Billy Wilder:

  Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

• Billy Wilder:

  Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.