"The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider."

-- Anna Lindh

#World Quotes #Gaps Quotes #Rich Quotes

“If we keep everything in balance, we are in harmony with ourselves and are at peace.”
“I think I'm predominantly known for my portraits. Obviously in my work there are landscape or stilllife elements, but mainly my work is people . . .”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I've been doing morning pages: the first thing I do when I wake up is sit down and write three pages of whatever comes into my head. The more I do them, the more creative I get and the smaller my problems seem. I can turn something that I hated a few days ago into a short story or a song.”
“I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.”

Source : "Congress Plays Hardball". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2005.
“British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.”

Source : 1066 and All That ch. 57 (1930). Coauthored with R. J. Yeatman.
“The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.”
“All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.”
“Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable.”

Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 4, 2015.

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