"Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation."

--

Herbert Read

#Art Quotes #Contemplation Quotes #Works Of Art Quotes

“He canâ€™t ground her if heâ€™s already killed her,â€ I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. â€œWell, he can, but it wouldnâ€™t have the same impact.”
“We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.”

Source : "Queen's Christmas message - full text", www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2013.
“Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
“It is a common thing for men to benumb their own arms, and make them as dead and useless by leaning too much upon them: so it is in a moral as well as a natural way: all the prudence and pains in the world avail nothing without God. So saith the Psalmist, in Psalm cxxvii. 2.”
“I just bought a Chihuahua. It's the dog for lazy people. You don't have to walk it. Just hold it out the window and squeeze.”
“You cannot always run at your best.”
“You deliver 2,000 babies or better - 3,000 by that time. And that's, you know, at minimum, three people each. And then if you take grandparents or grandparents of siblings and aunts and uncles, you know, you get - a 100,000 votes outta that”
“I came out of retirement to run a start-up. Historically, I seldom used all of my vacation time, and the last sick day I took was in 1992. I am a sick puppy.”

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