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Vision Art

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

- John F. Kennedy

Quote of the Day

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

- Jack Nicholson

Other quotes by John F. Kennedy

Talent

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

- John F. Kennedy

Peace Time

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

- John F. Kennedy

People World

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!

- John F. Kennedy

Today

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

- John F. Kennedy

Charm

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

- John F. Kennedy

Skin Ideas

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.

- John F. Kennedy

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There is nothing new in art except talent.

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The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

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