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Each of us is unique, and if we don't respect that uniqueness, if we don't allow that which we are to surface, then the world doesn't have it.

— Martin de Maat A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

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No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, "Onward toward mediocrity."

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

You do not have the right to use this art form to feel inferior.

I think many of us go through our life not fully having permission to be who we are and what we're going to become.

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

You don't have permission to disrespect yourself.

The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)

Let’s try and create scenes that are about something... About something deeper than this ashtray.

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