"Artists are interested in pictures as sources of ideas for their work. Where the pictures come from and how they are made is of little concern to them."

-- Van Deren Coke

#Artist Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Littles Quotes

“If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrasesâ€” They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.”
“Most people in the West who say they believe in God actually believe in belief in God.”
“Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish holocaust or Black slavery, and YET praise the benefits to Germans or Whites??? This convenient ambiguity at the expense of animals is unacceptable!!!”
“The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.”

Source : Robyn Davidson (2012). “Tracks”, p.254, A&C Black
“I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how to handle people crying any more. I lost my sensitivity like that. Please, you embarrass me when you cry because I don't know what to do when you cry. I don't know what to say.”
“You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.”
“I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.”
“At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other.”

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