"I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I have a bone to pick with."

-- Owen Pallett

#Artist Quotes #Bones Quotes #Weird Things Quotes

“Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.”

Source : Les Back (2007). “The art of listening”, Berg Publishers
“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”

Source : "The Beginning of the End" by Peter Hershey, (p. 109), 2004.
“I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.”
“I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.”
“I do not propose to our British ladies, that they should turn Amazons in the service of their sovereign, nor so much as let their nails grow for the defence of their country. The men will take the work of the field off their hands, and show the world, that English valour cannot be matched when it is animated by English beauty.”
“Flee flattery, false praise and fair weather friends”
“If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.”
“You can't underestimate the power of fear.”

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