"I think one of the things that I took from Mel [Bochner] specifically was his ability to look at oneself and one's relationship to the history of art and the practice of art at arm's length, the ability to sort of clinically and coldly remove oneself from the picture and to see it simply as a set of rules, habits, systems, moving parts."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Art Quotes #Moving Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The only people who have trouble with poetry are the people who link it with literature.Â It's much more akin to mountain-walking, and dancing by yourself at 2 A.M.”
“Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.”
“That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.”

Source : John Webster (2016). “The Duchess of Malfi”, p.65, John Webster
“Let them say what they want. I will not demand that the Jewish Agency allocate a sum of 300,000 or 100,000 pounds sterling to help European Jewry. And I think that whoever demands such things is performing an anti-Zionist act.”
“Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state at all”
“There is always a price to pay for badassery. Neo was a badass in the Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded, but the price he had to pay was The Matrix Revolutions.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2012). “Tricked: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Four”, p.70, Del Rey
“Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.”
“Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adultâ€¦ Many people are often wrongâ€¦ Donâ€™t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the publicâ€™s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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