"I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless."

-- William Morris Hunt

#Simple Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Despair Quotes

“A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.”
“What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.”
“Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.”
“They've been so bloody ruthless that you almost get no choice in the matter.”
“If the purpose of literature is to illuminate human nature, the purpose of fantastic literature is to do that from a wider perspective. You can say different things about what it means to be human if you can contrast that to what it means to be a robot, or an alien, or an elf.”
“being chic not only takes a great deal of money but an enormous amount of time. It practically precludes everything else, even being on charity committees. Half of one's time goes getting chic, the other half being seen that way.”
“The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.”
“I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas... Whoever chooses to latch onto it, great; whoever doesn't, that's fine, too. The reaction always pales in comparison to the weight of the act of production.”

Source : "'Time' Is Right for Songwriter Ward" by Jill Menze, www.reuters.com. January 10, 2009.

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