"Don't everlastingly read messages into paintings - there's the Daisy - you don't rave over or read messages into it - you just look at that bully little flower - isn't that enough?"

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

John Marin

#Flower Quotes #Bully Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.”
“There was Kir, red hair combed back and That Expression on his sharp face. Even his freckles looked serious. I'd given up wondering how a freckle-faced teenager could look so much like a disapproving granny.”
“We're out for revenge and I fancy us to beat them!”
“I followed her into the library. The pale light from our chamber below dissipated in the room, but I could still make out â€“ my heart leapt at the sight â€“ row after row, shelf above shelf, floor to ceiling, a city of books. Speck turned to me and asked, Now, what shall we read first?”

Source : Keith Donohue (2011). “The Stolen Child”, p.88, Random House
“There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it....”

Source : Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“Do I wish that things were more orderly in Washington and rational and people listened to the best arguments and compromised and operated in a more thoughtful and organized fashion? Absolutely. But when you look at history that's been the exception rather than the norm.”
“I had to be happy with the process of writing.Each step you take is more rewarding than the one before.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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