"God made the world, My Lord, and looked at it, and saw that it was good. Yes. But what if the world had looked back at him, to see whether he was good or not?"

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Isak Dinesen

#What If Quotes #World Quotes #Saws Quotes

“For one thing, I want gesture-any kind of gesture, all kinds of gesture-gentle or brutal, joyous or tragic; the gesture of space soaring, sinking, streaming, whirling; the gestures of light flowing or spurting through color. I see everything as possessing or possessed by gesture. I've often thought of my paintings as having an axis around which everything revolves.”
“We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.”
“Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.”
“How to get a seat at the table: 1. Be excellent. 2. Say a prayer. 3. Be available 4. Be you”
“Art has never been a popularity contest.”
“The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.”
“Music is reflection of self.”
“He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.”

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