"The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place in society because society is what weâ€™re watching, and dealing with."

-- William Trevor

#Artist Quotes #Outsiders Quotes #Tools Quotes

“For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before.”
“So,â€ Wanda cried, â€œa woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?”
“The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own.”
“There is nothing to save, now all is lost, but a tiny core of stillness in the heart like the eye of a violet.”
“Resisting madness is the maddest way of being mad.”
“The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the roses on the dining-room table held their breath. A kind of airless cleanliness that always made me want to sneeze.”
“I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.”
“Our tears fatten upon our memories of joy.”

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