"I've gradually fooled myself into becoming a real painter... I really just like to sit in my air-conditioned Rome painting studio surrounded by Medieval and Renaissance architecture and to hold a tube of Alizarin Madder Lake in my artist's hand and marvel at the shiny goop inside."

-- Mark Kostabi

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“Today, the UK must be the pioneer of a new model of economic change, that integrates social and environmental consideration. This is not just a question of values and moral duty. It is about our economy's capacity to sustain itself”
“I said, 'Well, how much space do I have?' And they said, 'Well, you know, it's the Internet.'”
“First we need to decide what needs to be done. Then we do it. And then we ask if it is possible.”
“I was really fascinated by the idea of how cunning and calculating Headless Horseman would be, and how much personality you can actually get from somebody when they're not expressing. They can do a lot of attitude, just within their body movements.”
“No amount or combination of alternative fuels is going to allow us to continue running what we're running, the way we're running it.”
“To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.”
“Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won’t it?”
“If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see...”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 11, 2014

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