"You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done."

“Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.”

“But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.”

“I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.”

“Paint what you see and look with your own eyes.”

Source : Carrie Rebora Barratt, Gilbert Stuart, Ellen Gross Miles (2004). “Gilbert Stuart”, p.60, Metropolitan Museum of Art

“I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Source : TV Guide, March 31, 1984.

“The stars remind us every night that we have the opportunity to create heaven on earth. from The Expected One”

“You don't have much faith in people, do you?' asked David. 'I don't have much faith in anything,' Roland replied. 'Not even in myself.”

“Many strange-looking people obviously dress according to deep convictions that are not shared by on-lookers - they clearly do not know how they actually look, but are satisfied with what their clothes make them feel and believe about their looks. These people may be the true originals, even though they are certainly not the best appreciated. The famous messages of dress, the well-known language of clothes, is very often not doing any communicating at all; a good deal of it is a form of private muttering.”

Source : Anne Hollander (2016). “Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress”, p.141, Bloomsbury Publishing