"Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted to find the painter's creative center and become familiar with it, so that I could see through his eyes how his paintings came about and, of course, see the new picture I was painting through his eyes - before I even painted it."

-- Wolfgang Beltracchi

#Eye Quotes #Goal Quotes #Creative Quotes

“If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.”
“Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but a body that rids itself of the desire to eat. Fasting is a time when the soul flourishes and lifts the body up with it. It rids the body of its loads and burdens and lifts it up so that God may work with it without impediment to the happiness of the spiritual entity.”
“I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.”

Source : "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.”
“A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.”
“It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.”

Source : BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. March 30, 2004.
“Bread is a celebration.”
“I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.”

Source : Nadine Gordimer (2012). “None to Accompany Me”, p.310, A&C Black

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