"Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won't reach that by considerations of my mind; on the contrary they will lead to a certain despair of the inner person. Not what he thinks engages the artist, but what he feels."

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Source : Letter to H.P. Bremmer, as quoted in "Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger", Deurne 1994 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans), November 17, 1930.

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“The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.”

Source : Benjamin Rush (1806). “Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical ...”, p.8
“Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring and the river and sea are all one nature. Think of the Father as a root, and of the Son as a branch, and the Spirit as a fruit, for the substance in these three is one. The Father is a sun with the Son as rays and the Holy Ghost as heat.”

Source : Saint John of Damascus (2010). “Fathers of the Church: Writings”, p.162, CUA Press
“I love storytelling. If you strip all the bits away, what you'll find at the center is a storyteller. As I warm to my career and love it more, I have a sense that storytelling is healing, in many ways. You can reach an audience and heal, and by heal, I mean entertain and provoke. It's a wonderful life.”

Source : "Sir Ben Kingsley Talks THE BOXTROLLS, His Career, Voicing Bagheera in THE JUNGLE BOOK, The Mandarin, EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, and More at Comic-Con". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. August 5, 2014.
“Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”
“I am thinking,â€™ he remarked quietly, â€™whether I shall add to the disorder in this room, by scattering your brains about the fireplace.”
“Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of this?' And that dulls us to the other pleasures poetry offers.”
“I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.”
“Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 8, 2013

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