"It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot."

-- Robert Hughes

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.”
“My occupational hazard is that I can't help plagiarizing from real life.”
“Time was when the average person could pay as he goes. Nowadays he has to pay as he comes and goes.”
“Post-Scarcity Age, you don't pay for things. Abundance.”
“A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from friends the wonderful things he has said about me. But I miss something, because he never gets around to saying these some things to me, to my face."”
“It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me”
“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

Source : Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate (2010). “The Book of English Magic”, p.400, The Overlook Press
“Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.”

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