"Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion."

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Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.153

John Sterling

#Faith Quotes #Art Quotes

“The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.”

Source : Isaac Barrow, John Tillotson, Abraham Hill (1700). “The works of the learned Isaac Barrow ...”
“The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.”
“I'm giving my fans the songs that they want to hear from me. Why do we love to hear ourselves being downgraded. Why do we love to hear the negative situations that we see in our lives daily? I'm not trying to make sense of it, I'm not giving any solutions, I'm just tossing the question.”

Source : Source: www.okayplayer.com
“Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.”
“I'm still very connected to my family, to the world I grew up in. I understand what it means to be afraid that you can't pay a doctor's bill. Or to have to make the choice between buying a band uniform for a seventh-grader and making the insurance payment on time. That will never leave me. It was how I lived until I was well into my adult years.”
“I believe the personal essay is underrated for both writer and reader. It affords the writer great freedom: to speak personally yet invoke others' ideas, to be rational and/or emotional, to be confident or admit doubt.”
“It is not certainty which is creative, but the uncertainty we are pledged to in our works.”

Source : Edmond Jabès (1977). “The Book of Questions: The Book of Yukel, Return to the Book”, Wesleyan
“Considering yourself a feminist doesn't make you one. Being an empathic human who can see both sides of a coin is feminism's true essence.”

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