"Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later you most likely have to kill it. Every painting wants to live. You want to build and bring this type of painting to the climax. When it's at the highest point, you want more. And then if you want more, you might destroy it. So you take a chance."

-- Michael Chow

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“The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.”
“When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts.”

Source : "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.
“[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media.”
“As a tree, even though it has been cut down, is firm so long as its root is safe, and grows again, thus, unless the feeders of thirst are destroyed, the pain (of life) will return again and again.”

Source : Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.164, Lulu Press, Inc
“What does remembering ourselves mean? It essentially means coming back to life- re-membering.”

Source : Gerald Epstein (2008). “Kabbalah for Inner Peace: Imagery and Insights to Guide You Through Your Day”, p.15, Gerald Epstein
“When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.”

Source : "James Wolk Is an OK Dancer, a Great Liar & a Few Other Things His Wikipedia Page Won't Tell You". Interview with Julie Vadnal, www.elle.com. September 20, 2010.
“At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you try to keep a little store of practical knowledge. At a certain point you have to pretend that something is true in order to have a relationship with the world.”
“We name one thing and then another. Thatâ€™s how time enters poetry. Space, on the other hand, comes into being through the attention we pay to each word. The more intense our attention, the more space, and thereâ€™s a lot of space inside words.”

Source : Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.40, Copper Canyon Press

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