"The artist is he who can take something ordinary and wring out of it attar of roses."

-- Walter Sickert

#Artist Quotes #Rose Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.”

Source : Frances Power Cobbe (2010). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”, p.107, Cambridge University Press
“General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances.”

Source : Charlotte Mary Yonge (1873). “The Pillars of the House, Or Under Wode, Under Rode”, p.268
“I don’t care what you write man, just make sure you make us sound sexy. Say that we looked like we’d just come from the beach and that our bodies were glistening. Say we got no hair on our chests. Anything so the girls will like us.”
“There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.”
“It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.”
“I think TV shows have usurped films!”

Source : Dazed interview, www.dazeddigital.com.
“You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.”
“My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?”

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