"The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them."

-- Leila Aboulela

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #Prophet Muhammad Quotes

“The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.”

Source : pauline kael (1965). “i lost it at the movies”
“To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.”
“I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me.”
“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.”
“Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I have with the country - with all its difficulties, this is why I stay.”
“New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.”

Source : Sol LeWitt (2006). “Sol LeWitt wall drawing 1176: seven basic colors and all their combinations in a square within a square : for Josef Albers”, Richter Verlag
“Moonlight making crosses on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.”
“I don't do well at picking first single.”

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