"The only problems I sometimes have is if I ask for a piece for a group show, if I ask for a piece - I would like to put it into a show, sometimes the collectors get possessive about it and don't want to let something happen. Say you get full credit, you know. You give them your name, the catalog and it always enhances the value of the piece, you know, the more shows it is in, blah, blah, blah."

-- Robert Barry

#Names Quotes #Giving Quotes #Groups Quotes

“I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friendâ€™s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.”

Source : John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life.”
“I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters.”
“Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.”

Source : Julio Cortazar (2016). “Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much”, p.14, Everyman's Library
“We don't just live in books awake and dreams asleep. We are living stories, you and I, with dreams inside us undeniable, with love to give and people to walk beside.”

Source : Jamie Tworkowski (2015). “If You Feel Too Much DELUXE: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For”, p.52, Penguin
“I built a jail in my closet and I would incarcerate my family from time to time.”
“Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.”

Source : John Agyekum Kufuor (2001*). “Towards a golden age of business: selected speeches of H. E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, January-December, 2001”
“I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work.”

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