"Documentary: Thatâ€™s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clearâ€¦ The term should be documentary styleâ€¦ You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless."

-- Walker Evans

#Art Quotes #Style Quotes #Use Quotes

“For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?”

Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1951). “Oration on the Dignity of Man”
“If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them. And when that happens, reading those writers ... becomes a source of unbelievable joy. Itâ€™s like eating candy for the soul. And I sometimes have a hard time understanding how people who donâ€™t have that in their lives make it through the day.”
“Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.”

Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1835). “Traits of American Life”, p.216
“We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.”

Source : Gary Hamel (2012). “What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation”, p.53, John Wiley & Sons
“Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires.”
“The weather's cold. My club's bad. My knee hurts. I can't putt no more. I'm off my diet. My wife is nagging me. Other than that, everything's great.”
“The birds brought seeds & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so she would remember the wild joy of spring when she finally awoke.”
“I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.”

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