"Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music can be used for a soundtrack, so it has a function in that sense, beyond itself. But painting doesn't... But I do believe that painting has a purpose."

-- Peter Doig

#Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes #Doe Quotes

“The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.”
“If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle.”
“I have a sliding glass door on my closet, and when I slide it one way I can see all my uniforms, and the other way is all my own clothes.”
“You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.”
“The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.”
“God is in heaven, and we all want what's his. But power and greed and corruptible seed seem to be all that there is.”
“Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering.”
“Well you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tension And not always knowing the answers when you're gonna lose it, you're gonna lose it.”

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