"Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind."

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Source : Sona Johnston, Paul Hayes Tucker, Theodore Robinson, Baltimore Museum of Art (2004). “In Monet's light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny”, Philip Wilson Publishers

Theodore Robinson

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“I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.”

Source : "BLACK MUSIC MONTH: Legends Speak". Interview with Chris Williams, www.ebony.com. June 19, 2012.
“I'm a professional; I feel I'm one of the best in the game.”
“Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.”

Source : "Mass". Book by F. Sionil José, 1973.
“Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.”
“If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being destroyed by human consumers, while billions are starving. The future indeed looks grim, and there are, ultimately, no really long-range, positive solutions, nor motivation for making the sacrifices and doing the hard work needed now, unless we understand that we are evolving from an Earth-only toward an Earth-space or universal species.”
“A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution.”
“You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a speciï¬c moment is what drives it.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.”

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