"In spite of their obvious differences, folk art and popular art have much in common; they are easy to understand, they are romantic, patriotic, conventionally moral, and they are held in deep affection by those who are suspicious of the great arts. Popular artists can be serious, like Frederick Remington, or trivial, like Charles Dana Gibson; they can be men of genius like Chaplin or men of talent like Harold Lloyd; they can be as uni versal as Dickens or as parochial as E.P. Roe; one thing common to all of them is the power to communicate directly with everyone."

-- Gilbert Seldes

#Art Quotes #Patriotic Quotes #Men Quotes

“Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.”
“You know what intimacy is? It's into-me-you-see...”

Source : "A Conversation with Martin de Maat". The Monthly Aspectarian, August 1998.
“Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable.”
“I will leave the U.S Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law with a sense of duty fulfilled”
“Make it a policy to know your net worth to the penny.”
“The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing”

Source : Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.371, Penguin
“I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.”

Source : "Tayari Jones Knows Why She Sings". Interview with Ru Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2012.
“Love is pointless. Itâ€™s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.”

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