"to express himself well, the artist should be hidden... The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur."

-- Pierre-Auguste Renoir

#Artist Quotes #Genius Quotes #Done Quotes

“If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God.”
“A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.”
“I do not deny certain kinds of biological differences. But I always ask under what conditions, under what discursive and institutional conditions, do certain biological differences - and they're not necessary ones, given the anomalous state of bodies in the world - become the salient characteristics of sex.”
“There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons.”
“Beauty is not generic. Quite often, the thing that makes you memorable is the thing that makes you different.”

Source : Laura Mercier (2010). “The New Beauty Secrets: Your Ultimate Guide to a Flawless Face”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“Public influence is the real government of the world.”

Source : Josiah Warren, Crispin Sartwell (2011). “The Practical Anarchist: Writings of Josiah Warren”, p.240, Fordham Univ Press
“I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar.”
“I visited Eduardo Miura’s ranch in Seville where he raised bulls for bullfighting, and I was so impressed that by the time I got home I had already selected my future emblem.”

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