"I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity."

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Source : Arnulf Rainer, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Haags Gemeentemuseum (1989). “Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition”, Not Avail

Arnulf Rainer

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“The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.”
“Acute [diseases] meaning those of which God is the author, chronic meaning those that originate in ourselves.”

Source : Thomas Sydenham, Robert Gordon Latham (1850). “The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.”, p.68
“This is going to sound clichÃ© perhaps, but I would say to not second-guess yourself. It's difficult to talk about because gender does play into directing, of course, but it's very hard to talk about. Maybe the worst part is what you internalize.”
“Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends.”
“The cops drive by to do some more good deeds A young black male spits a sunflower seed in the air.”
“The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.”
“As bees gather honey, so we collect what is sweetest out of all things and build...”
“Throughout history, men have tried to play God by moving rabbits, goats, sparrows, mongooses, and a hundred other species to oceanic islands and island continents, and later have wished to God they hadn't.”

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