"I paint a little and keep sketchbooks because it has the effect of preventing me becoming lazy about looking. The subject could be anything."

-- Richard Billingham

#Lazy Quotes #Littles Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
“There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.”

Source : Italo Svevo (1969). “Essays on Italo Svevo”
“We are not afraid of predators, we're transfixed by them, prone to weave stories and fables and chatter endlessly about them, because fascination creates preparedness, and preparedness, survival. In a deeply tribal way, we love our monsters...”
“Just start dancing and the band will find you.”

Source : Tama J. Kieves (2003). “This Time I Dance!: Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love”, Tarcher
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.”
“We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists or the Iraqi government to kill thousands of innocent civilians.”
“I learned to keep at a certain distance from things - and to make myself a little bit invisible while I observed and understood them.”
“I was a VJ to begin with, so I had a good year of interviewing artists, but then I would spend half my time being interviewed about half my projects, and the other time, other people. It was good because it made me a better interviewer because I knew what people didn't like being asked, and what they enjoy being asked, so I am super used to it.”

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