"All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Art Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Flying Quotes

“The Peninsula is what we have and there is no more where it came from.”
“Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.28, Penguin
“One blob of red in the wrong place and the audience isn't looking at the hero, they're looking at a patch of curtain (or something similar) and your whole effect is lost.”
“Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.”
“Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphsof psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.”
“All my drawings always sort of looked funny even if I was trying to do serious stuff and express myself about grim situations. It was always cartoony.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.”
“Vanity is as old as the mammoth.”

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