"I think that at its best, painting can be an act of juggling perceptions, a hall of mirrors. And it can be a bit confusing and scattering. But as the artist, as the man behind the velvet rope who controls the smoke and the mirrors and the way that things move in the painted space, what I want to do is to try my best to be a good witness."

-- Kehinde Wiley

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“I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.”
“I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“The most important thing about expedition food is that there is some”
“Heaven will be the perfection we've always longed for. All the things that made Earth unlovely and tragic will be absent in heaven.”
“Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.”
“Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.”

Source : Nelson Algren (2010). “A Walk On The Wild Side”, p.26, Canongate Books
“The Apostle Peter preaching on the day of Pentecost of the risen Savior, says, "God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." And He speaks of Him as the anointed One, exalted at God's right hand. The Gospel is the Gospel of the Risen Christ. There would be no Gospel for sinners if Christ had not been raised. So the apostle says, "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins"”
“It's all been rather lovely.”

Source : Last words, 1983.

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