"It just fascinates me, those private mechanisms that we use to make sense of the world - whether they have to do with the five senses or not. I think literature is one of the only kinds of art that truly lets us into that."

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Leni Zumas

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Five Senses Quotes

“What you have to go through to release a film is probably the most arduous set of tasks - compared to all the other things an artist can release, it's probably the most labor - intensive, especially if you don't have any money and not a large team.”
“I don't mind if smiles come at my expense, I'm a small price to pay.”
“Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.”
“Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.”
“I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's just a matter of me opening up the page and whatever is written on the page, that's what I'm here to do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The company was actually founded on creating earnings opportunities for women, even before it went into skincare, lipstick, and fragrance. The founding Avon principle, before women could vote and when basically only men were working, was to allow women to get out of their homes and to create an entrepreneurship opportunity for them.”
“Jesmyn Ward returns to the world of her first two books, but here in the mode of non-fiction. A clear-eyed witness to the harrowing stories of 'men we reaped,' she quickens the dead and brings them, vividly alive again. An eloquent, grief-steeped account.”

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