"The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise."

-- AndreÃ¯ Makine

#Mistake Quotes #Paradise Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.”
“You won't rise to the occasion - you'll default to your level of training.”

Source : Barrett Tillman (1992). “The Sixth Battle”, Bantam
“Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn't happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success.”
“I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear.”
“I have evolved to where I don't think the death penalty is effective.”
“Like, in retrospect, this whole Mini-Album is about itself, and the process of letting go of the fear of what people will think about the music or of me or whatever and just putting it out there. But none of that was intentional at all.”
“I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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