"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing."

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Source : Roxana Robinson, Georgia O'Keeffe (1989). “Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life”, p.256, UPNE

Georgia O'Keeffe

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“It was curious that when we had been able to buy new clothes when we wanted we had never really appreciated them nor enjoyed them. You have to be in the position of needing things very badly indeed before you can appreciate possessing them.”
“I, on the other hand, believe that books, maps, scissors, and Scotch tape dispensers are all unreliable vagrants, likely to take off for parts unknown unless strictly confined to quarters.”
“I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.”
“I remember my mom had a conversation with Sam Jackson about what she should do with our careers and what the next step should be; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, "You need to get them on Broadway."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A man's bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.”

Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “Complete Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated Edition): Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun, The Dolliver Romance, Septimius Felton, Grimshawe's Secret and Biography”, p.461, e-artnow
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
“I grew up treating a life as a writer as a career in letters, one devoted to many kinds of writing. And so it seemed normal to study both fiction writing and the literary essay as an undergrad.”

Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016.
“I'm not extravagant, so I won't need to rein it in too much. Me and my friend make each other cards. I love being creative and making things. But a better credit crunch idea is to not even bother sending cards.”

Source : "Konnie Huq: If I show my cleavage people make such a fuss". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 30, 2008.

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