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“The one irreducible truth about humanity is diversity.”

“Liberty dies where there is agreement without thought or argument.”

“When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.”

“You have to work out how not to die tomorrow.”

“The immense beauty, the vast almost unbearable beauty of justice.”

“I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.”

Resonant Thoughts

"The million, million, million … to one chance happens once in a million, million, million … times no matter how surprised we may be that it results in us."

— Ronald Fisher

Science1890–1962

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"The weather is superb except for a very keen wind which causes me to lose much time. - I am doing a portrait of your mother in pastel, it seems it is not adequate as a likeness, it is too old, too red…"

— Camille Pissarro

Art1830–1903

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"I do think that the banking system is now in the most perilous state we’ve seen in over 70 years."

— Nigel Farage

Politics1964

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"It is conceivable that we might be able to provide good medical care for everyone needing it, in a new system designed to assure equity, provided we can restrain ourselves, or our computers, from desi…"

— Lewis Thomas

Science1913–1993

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