"In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means."

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Source : Phyllis Eleanor Bentley (1962). “"O Dreams, O Destinations": An Autobiography”, London : Gollancz

Phyllis Bentley

#Art Quotes #Mean Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Why one day in the country Is worth a month in town; Is worth a day and a year Of the dusty, musty, lag-last fashion That days drone elsewhere.”

Source : Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.186, Delphi Classics
“My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later it hit, when my job as Dad was sort of done and I was sending my kids to college. And somehow, the emotional intensity of that event mixed with the loss of my own dad, was kind of upsetting.”
“Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.”
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
“Showtunes might be able to come back into pop music, which is something we haven't seen since the 50s and 60s. Everything is related to everything else because we're in such a niche industry.”
“Rose had the sort of eyes that manage perfectly well with things close by, but entirely blur out things far away. Because of this even the brightest stars had only appeared as silvery smudges in the darkness. In all her life, Rose had never properly seen a star. Tonight there was a sky full. Rose looked up, and it was like walking into a dark room and someone switching on the universe.”
“I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.”
“Any way I can produce runs and keep runs off the board for the other team, that's what I'm going to try to do.”

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