"I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection."

-- Agnes Martin

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“The best way to strengthen a home, current or future, is to keep covenants.”
“If my body were a tree trunk, the rings would surely reveal the time it has had to mature.”
“The first requirement for a composer is to be dead.”

Source : 'Je suis compositeur' (1951) p. 16
“And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.”
“Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.”

Source : Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.69, Biblo & Tannen Publishers
“What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.”
“Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.”

Source : Source: www.sbnation.com
“The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.”

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