"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."

-- Leonardo da Vinci

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Art Quotes

“Its not weird being recognised, but its weird having to stop what youre doing to take pictures or sign something. But the fans are the reason you have your success, so it comes with the territory.”
“When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.”
“A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.”
“Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.”
“I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again.”
“Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)”
“I... allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder at the great game of living had yet to give way to disillusionment at its shabbiness.”

Source : Ruskin Bond (1988). “The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories”, p.80, Penguin Books India
“To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like serials. To understand them you have to take knowledge to them; the knowledge that serves best is the knowledge provided by the newspaper itself.”

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