"Somehow, in painting I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos."

-- Grace Hartigan

#Trying Quotes #World Quotes #Logic Quotes

“True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear: Humility the parent of the first, The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.”
“Harder than waking from a nightmare was trying to wake herself into one.”
“I was in analysis for many years, and one of the things analysis does is open up forbidden territories. It opens up those unconscious, instinctual urges that you then have to deal with. I'm like a Frankenstein of analysis. I'm able to go back and forth between the world I've created inside of myself and the real world, which is something I think a lot of people who write and paint and make art do.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it.”
“Well, the first thing I do is I try to listen to whatever rapping is already on the track. I listen for cadence and melody to see how the track's already been written, and to make sure that whatever flow or flows I decide to run with, or patterns or melodies that I decide to put into the song, that they're not already in there. Then I try to see if there's a different part of the subject matter that I can talk about.”

Source : Interview with Jon Caramanica, believermag.com. June 1, 2006.
“Do not worry. Try to appear jolly and unconcerned. I have smiled often with the bases full with two strikes and three balls on the batter. This seems to unnerve.”
“Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.”
“On and on eternally Shall your altered fluid run, Bud and bloom and go to seed; But your singing days are done”

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