"In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual."

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Shahzia Sikander

#Gestures Quotes #Painting Quotes #Ends Quotes

“But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries or travel to exotic lands to arrive at a view of our modern situation refracted through the lens of the preindustrial world, or the uncommercialized, unfranchised, perhaps unsanitized-and therefore supposedly more "authentic"-perspective ofthe Third World. Very simply, this is because that "other" world, as alien as if separated by centuries in time, is the one from which I came”
“As a man seeing someone, have a decision: You can be correct or you can be glad.”
“The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.”

Source : Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.13, Kregel Publications
“I grew up thinking that singing was my security.”
“My son is my routine and priority, period!”
“For me, I wanted to create something that's much more driven by a type of selfishness, a type of decadence.”
“I'm always going to want to be part of music. But who's to say? This whole thing for me in the first place just kind of happened without trying. I think about things like acting and all that, but I'm not going to force it on myself. I'm kind of shy, believe it or not.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The best way not to encounter Americas health care system is not to have to encounter it.”

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