"Mr. Searle became a satirist, he once said, because ‘in the late '30s, things in general and politics in particular were no longer neatly divided into things black and white. On top of this,’ he added, ‘there was the irresistible impulse to draw. I cannot remember wanting to be anything else other than an artist.’"

-- Ronald Searle

#Black And White Quotes #Artist Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering them to haunt my heart years after the events transpired. And no good comes from that. These ghosts don't need us to help them stay alive. If we're after real deal healing, these ghosts must desiccate.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!”
“I assume most guitar players are like me. They're playing, having fun; then they get a magazine in the mail that says "Shred Is Dead" and they say, "What the Hell?" They throw it away and keep on playing.”

Source : "Shred on Arrival". Guitar World, November 1993.
“The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2012). “The Book of Tea: Classic Edition”, p.22, Tuttle Publishing
“Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.”
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”
“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.”
“I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film I can't sit still.”

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