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Unexpected Quotes - Page 5

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones.

Jean Dubuffet, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1993). “Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: paintings, sculptures, assemblages : an exhibition”, Smithsonian Inst Pr

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.73, Ballantine Books

In a painting, what counts is the unexpected.

"Le Monologue du Peintre". Book by George Charbonnier, 1959.

The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.

Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

Poetry, I have discovered, is always unexpected and always as faithful and honest as dreams.

Alice Walker (1991). “Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Complete”, Harcourt