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...if Photos Can Reproduce The World More Perfectly Than Any Painter, Can Capture An Instant, A Look, A Gesture, Then What Makes A Painting Good Anymore? Painting Subverts This Subversion Of Its Traditional Nature By Redefining Itself - Art Is Idea, Not Simply Skillful Execution. So, A Work Can Be Crudely Made, Or Even Machine Made - But It Has To Be Practically And Functionally Useless.

I Came To New York To Be A Fine Artist - That Was My Ambition.

If Anything, A Lot Of Electronic Music Is Music That No One Listens To At Home, Hardly. It's Really Only To Be Heard When Everyone's Out Enjoying It.

That's The One For My Tombstone... Here Lies David Byrne. Why The Big Suit?

I've Noticed That When I Am Selling A Lot Of Records, Certain Things Become Easier. I'm Not Talking About Getting A Table In A Restaurant.