"Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it..."

-- William Gaddis

#Art Quotes #Creating Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.”

Source : "What's the Best Way To Impress a Guy? Dancing with the Stars' Sexy Maksim Chmerkovskiy Spills the Secret!" by Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2012.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
“I think the world offers so many wonderful varieties of obstacles, but that shouldn't be one for kids - is the worry that 'my parents wont be there.'”
“What is truth in photography? It can be told in a hundred different ways. Every thirtieth of a second when the shutter snaps, its capturing a different piece of information.”
“Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.”
“There was no way I could write a paper knowing that Andy Warhol and Boy George were partying at Danceteria.”
“As long as I'm around playing baseball, it doesn't matter where I am, as long as it's not with the Yankees.”
“My father was right. Unfortunately, he died before I could tell him.”

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