You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

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• Roy Lichtenstein:

  My work isn't about form. It's about seeing.

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  I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people saw things.

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  I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent

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  People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.