"My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality."

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Source : Max Beckmann, Barbara Copeland Buenger (1997). “Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950”, p.302, University of Chicago Press

Max Beckmann

#Trying Quotes #Quality Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“I am deeply grateful for all the friendships that I have all across this district, especially here in Ithaca. Ithacas a wonderful place. Im very proud to be the person who represents the city and some of Tompkins County.”
“As far as advice to potential teenage idols, there is no formula.”
“Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.”
“The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.”
“I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.”
“This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance. It was done by dogma. It was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave.”

Source : Jacob Bronowski (1976). “The ascent of man”
“Ordinary people love entertainment. Extraordinary people adore education.”
“Novelists have to love humanity to write anything worthwhile. Poets have to love themselves.”

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