"Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share."

-- P. G. Wodehouse

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“A lot of people in the art world hate to use the word "Photoshop", like it's cheating or easy or something. I say bollocks to that - for me, it's my tool, my paintbrush if you like, and lets me create my own visual language.”

Source : "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.
“If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.”
“Once your reputation's done/ You can live a life of fun”

Source : Gregor Von Rezzori (2011). “Memoirs of an Anti-Semite”, p.2, New York Review of Books
“It is nonsense to speak of 'higher' and 'lower' pleasures. To a hungry man it is, rightly, more important that he eat than that he philosophize.”
“Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isnÂ´t just for registering pleasure and pain. ItÂ´s about declaring what is just and what is unjust, and distinguishing right from wrong. We donÂ´t grasp these things silently, and then put words to them; language is the medium through which we discern and deliberate about the good.”
“In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus body was in the water, the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove.”

Source : Max Heindel (1921). “Mysteries of the Great Operas”
“I colour for a living. When I am a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is that I am more wrinkled. When I am not being a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is every difference imaginable.”
“One cannot choose how one's life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage”

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