"It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way."

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Source : "Manifesto" by Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb in New York Times, June 13, 1943.

Barnett Newman

#Artist Quotes #World Quotes #Way Quotes

“Someone came too sooner.”
“It is better to obey the mysterious direction, without any fuss, when it points to a new road, however strange that road may be. There is probably as much reason for it, if the truth were known, as for anything else.”
“But even if ego-death is regarded as the optimum model for human existence, one of liberation from ourselves, it still remains a compromise with being, a concession to the blunder of creation itself. We should be able to do better, and we can. To have our egos killed off is second-best to killing off death and all the squalid byplay that flitters around it. So let all lands be small, and grower smaller and smaller until no lands are left where any human footstep need press itself upon the earth.”
“We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure way of robbing us of our private property rights and other rights along with them.”

Source : "Property and Freedom: The Inseparable Connection". Speech at an "Evenings at FEE" event, fee.org. October 2004.
“We weren’t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. It’s open source and it’s free. We weren’t trying to take over the world; we had kind of modest goals, and it was OK if it failed. We were a lot freer to make risky decisions. If you can afford to do things that way, it’s just so much better. You’re not thinking about venture capitalists or marketing or sales. Just product and users, all day every day.”
“Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.”
“Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.”

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