"When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there â€¦ now instead of then."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Space Quotes #Infinite Quotes #Eternity Quotes

“Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.”
“I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.”
“Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.”

Source : James Anthony Froude (1849). “The Nemesis of Faith”, p.34
“Love is the most common miracle.”
“Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.”
“You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is 'No', but please say it politely and give the reasons. ... Explain to me why 'No'. Don't change 'No' to 'Yes'. Don't be a fool. If there was a good reason why it is 'No', it must remain 'No', but the man must be told politely.”
“I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them ... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.”

Source : Lucian Freud, Richard Calvocoressi, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (1997). “Lucian Freud: early works : Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art”
“If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.”

Source : The Worker, 13 July 1975

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