"In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom, especially if it has got to be carried into the market."

-- Joseph Conrad

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“Observing sea, sky and stars, I sought to indicate their plastic function through a multiplicity of crossing verticals and horizontals. Impressed by the vastness of Nature, I was trying to express its expansion, rest and unity.”

Source : Piet Mondrian (2008). “Plastic art and pure plastic art, 1937, and other essays, 1941-1943”, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
“Now 'Boondock II,' people are gonna see it because they liked the first one. There won't be very many people who go see it who aren't familiar with the first one.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us, or, all of us can't do well. That's what hurts rap the most, the fact that none of us are fighting to protect the door of those who run our industry. It's enough money for all of us.”

Source : Source: www.okayplayer.com
“Sometimes the most interesting visual phenomena occur when you least expect it. Other times, you think youre getting something amazing and the photographs turn out to be boring and predictable. So I think thats why, a long time ago, I consciously tried to let go of artists angst, and instead just hope for the best and enjoy it. I love the journey as much as the destination. If I wasnt a photographer, Id still be a traveler.”
“Quality control is applicable to any kind of enterprise. In fact, it must be applied in every enterprise.”

Source : Kaoru Ishikawa (1990). “Introduction to Quality Control”, Productivity Press
“A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.”

Source : Evagrius (Ponticus), John Eudes Bamberger (1970). “The praktikos: Chapters on prayer”, Cistercian Pubns
“I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.”

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