"The minute I sat in front of a canvas I was happy. Because it was a world, and I could do what I liked in it."

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Source : Carolyn Kinder Carr, Alice Neel (2002). “Alice Neel: women”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

Alice Neel

#World Quotes #Canvas Quotes #Minutes Quotes

“Despair has its own calms.”

Source : Bram Stoker, Mort Castle (2014). “Dracula”, p.50, "F+W Media, Inc."
“In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a small American flag draped over it. We were bringing another American soldier, just killed, home to his family and final resting place. The starkness of his coffin in the center of the hold, the silence except for the din of the engines, was a real time cold reminder of the consequences of decisions for which we Senators share responsibility.”
“Music makes your soul feel amazing while you're performing it.”
“If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .”

Source : Song: Hazey Jane II, Album: Bryter Layter
“Coffee: we can get it anywhere, and get as loaded as we like on it, until such teeth-chattering, eye-bulging, nonsense-gibbering time as we may be classified unable to operate heavy machinery.”
“I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.”
“Its difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind”
“I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.”

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