"As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me."

-- Jonas Salk

#Children Quotes #Sides Quotes #Not Interested Quotes

“If it turns out that Barry Bonds used ***** to bulk up and add muscle mass, he could get four to eight years as governor of California”
“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.”
“All you need are the words I give you here and your own honest efforts.”
“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.”
“My mom's whole side of the family, they're all Packers fans. My mom's a Bears fan. My stepdad is a Vikings guy. So that gets ugly. My mom sits upstairs watching the Bears game; he sits in the basement. They can't watch it together. Football's a violent anger in our family dynamic.”
“Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true painters.”
“I must for myself insist that when finished, that is when all the parts are in place and are working, that now it has become an object and will therefore have its boundaries as definite as the prow, the stern, the sides, and bottom bound as a boat.”

Source : John Marin (1949). “Selected Writings”

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