"The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife. But mine is a relationship with a stranger... with the chance acquaintance."

-- Ilya Kabakov

#Husband Quotes #Father Quotes #Artist Quotes

“The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.”
“More likely, there were probably some real divisions within the Iranian government - some groups wanted to ally with al Qaeda against us, others didn't want to have anything to do with that. So I think that debate resulted in no decision being made for awhile. The problem was they left the al-Qaeda folks in Iran in the hands of their intelligence services and Revolutionary Guard, who didn't really keep an eye on them - and may not have kept an eye on them on purpose.”

Source : "The Persian Puzzle: An Interview With Kenneth Pollack". Interview With Bradford Plumer, www.motherjones.com. January 24, 2005.
“I have never been loved enough to gain the desire of reproducing a being in the image of my lover and I have never been given enough pleasure so that my brain has not had the leisure to seek better...I have wanted the impossible...”
“Everything we feel deeply must be expressed.”

Source : Hans Hartung, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1975). “Hans Hartung: Paintings, 1971-1975 : [exhibition], October 16, 1975-January 4, 1976 : [catalogue].”, p.25, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”
“[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity.”

Source : "Raise the minimum wage" by Tom Harkin, www.politico.com. June 24, 2013.
“How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.”

Source : Alice Sebold (2014). “The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic”, p.93, Pan Macmillan
“One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that "the way it really was" half the time is, and half the time isn't, the way it ought to be in the novel.”

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