"Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army."

-- Henning Mankell

#Art Quotes #Believe Quotes #Army Quotes

“No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not be high-minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in that very instant wherein he boasteth that he was never tempted at all.”
“In good times, we all want to drop anchor, to stop in time! But man is condemned to move till the far end of the precipice!”
“I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.”
“Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.”
“To be full of joy when looking at an oeuvre is not a little thing.”

Source : "Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs". Book by Hans Arp, Gallimard, Paris, p. 571 (the book gathers almost all Arp's writings in prose and some important poetry), 1966.
“Of course, you canâ€™t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.”
“Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.”
“It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts.”

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