"The things I'm grateful for are: I had the one thing that I feel really lucky about, which is that I made something, I made art, that truly - in a weird way - truly comforted me and comforted a lot of people. And I'm really grateful that I got to have that experience."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

David Rees

#Art Quotes #Grateful Quotes #People Quotes

“One curve I'll always remember was when I was pitching for Pittsburgh. Terry Kennedy was a young player with St. Louis. I threw him an 0-2 curve and it snapped. Terry's reaction was to swing straight down, like he was chopping the plate with an axe. It was the last out of the inning. After I ran off the mound, I looked over at the St. Louis dugout. There were players rolling around on the floor, laughing. Poor Terry. I'll have to admit that was a hell of a curveball.”
“Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when youâ€™re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful!”

Source : Joe McNally (2008). “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters”, p.100, Pearson Education
“The brain is wider than the sky.”
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.”
“It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for.”
“The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.”
“Ask yourself always: am I harmoniously put together, am I appropriately clad for the deed at hand, and am I free of non-essentials?”

Source : Edna Woolman Chase, Ilka Chase (1954). “Always in Vogue”
“Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.”

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