I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen. — Tom Stoppard
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Tom Stoppard : English Dramatist
Born: July 3, 1937
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. Lionel Trill…
I’m less interested in reality. I’m more interested in perce…
Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso…
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. Igor Stravinsky…
I am interested in the idea of ‘taste.’ And by ‘taste,’ I me…
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, …
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. Lionel Trill…
I’m less interested in reality. I’m more interested in perce…
Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso…
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. Igor Stravinsky…
I am interested in the idea of ‘taste.’ And by ‘taste,’ I me…
I’m coming from a place of total strength and humility now. …
Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total…
Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total…
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, …
My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total …
The total funding of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial I…
I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I…
I look at a lot of artists. I’m inspired by – I suppose I sh…
I see so many activists… who are artists because they feel…
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You’re not working with models, you’re working with real wom…
Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two differen…
I’m inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many won…
I’m taking a lot of my favorite artists, different people, m…
Most artists don’t get paid for what they do, and they are l…
