"Itt iss Eevillâ€¦" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"â€¦ "And weâ€™re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "â€¦some of the best fighters have come from your own planetâ€¦" "Who have our fighters been?" Calvin asked. "Oh, you must know them, dear," Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Whoâ€™s spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Children Quotes #Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound.”

Source : "Alan Hovhaness Biographical Summary" by Marco Shirodkar, www.hovhaness.com.
“Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Chuck Close" by Andy Ward, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.”
“I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.”
“I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.”
“A painting is nothing more than light reflected from the surface of a pigment-covered canvas. But a great painter can make you see the depth, make you feel the underlying emotion, make you sense the larger world. That, too, is the power of science: to sense and convey the depth and dimensionality of nature, to glance at the surface and to divine the shape of the universe around us.”
“Tin House magazine is a port in the storm for people who love language. It is unfailingly excellent, and committed to publishing new voices in addition to delivering freaky-fresh work from established writers.”
“Play with your physical workplace in a way that sends positive "body language" to employees and visitors.”

Source : Tom Kelley (2016). “The Art Of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm”, p.296, Profile Books

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