"I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing - what the world has done to them and their retaliation."

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Alice Neel

#Character Quotes #Done Quotes #World Quotes

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”
“If I'm not feeling good, I load on jewelry. It gives me energy and makes me feel happy.”
“He gives twice who gives quickly. credited to Publius Syrus Mimus.”
“Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.”
“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”
“...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.”
“Roger Collins wasn't the most popular teacher at school only because he was interesting in class. In fact, most of the girls would have loved a little after-class attention from this teacher.”

Source : Francine Pascal (2012). “Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)”, p.34, Macmillan
“There are few gardens that can be left alone. A few years of neglect and only the skeleton of a garden can be traced. . . . Japanese artists working with a few stones and sand four hundred years ago achieved strangely lasting compositions. However there, too, but for the hands that have piously raked the white sand into patterns and controlled the spread of moss and lichens, little would remain.”

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