"How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me."

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Source : Diary entry in 1898. "Painting in the Twentieth Century, an Analysis of the Artists and Their Work". Book by Werner Haftmann, p. 82, 1966.

Paula Modersohn-Becker

#Expression Quotes #Giving Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“For my own part, I am apt to join in the opinion with those who believe that all the regions of Nature swarm with spirits, and that we have multitudes of spectators on all our actions when we think ourselves most alone.”
“It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.”
“Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.”

Source : "Drawn and Quartered". Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
“Okay - the world needs its cogs, all of them; and even a cog may say how it gets used. In fact, only a cog may determine its eventual meaning in the system. That's what I wanted to tell you.”

Source : Keigo Higashino (2011). “The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel”, p.219, Macmillan
“It's about risking everything. Putting your heart on the line, even when you don't know what's going to happen. It's risking having the person you love rip it out and stomp all over it in public.”
“It is within everyone's grasp to be a CEO.”
“I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word... Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.”
“The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the simplest question to deal with. The director deludes himself who yields to the temptation to believe that an affirmative answer settles the matter. An actor's looks will impress an audience initially but after his first five minutes on stage it becomes aware of what he or she communicates (or fails to communicate) through acting!”

Source : "On Directing".

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