"A painter knows what to do by the tug of the brush as it pulls through a mixture of oils, and by the look of coloured slurries on the palette."

-- James Elkins

#Oil Quotes #Looks Quotes #Mixtures Quotes

“It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.”
“Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.”

Source : "'A labour of love'" by Jools Holland, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2008.
“I slept in black tents, blue tents, skin tents, yurts of felt and windbreaks of thorns. One night, caught in a sandstorm in the Western Sahara, I understood Muhammed's dictum, 'A journey is a fragment of Hell.'”
“If you can win in adversity, you can win anywhere!”
“Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.”
“Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people.”
“I am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again.”
“I do not judge, I only chronicle.”

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