"Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion."

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Source : "Miguel: the slow-burn success of a new R&B superstar". Interview with Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2013.

Miguel

#Art Quotes #Wall Quotes #Ego Quotes

“It was the month of May and there was warm sunshine dripping through the holes between the clouds, like the sky was a broken blue bowl and a child was trying to keep honey in it.”

Source : Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“I was in America, someone wanted a photo with me, I put my arm around her and she told me not to touch her.”
“Humility may bring you humiliation here on earth, but surely not in heaven.”
“On the first page of the Bible there is an instance of how literalism is but an invitation to transcend the image to which literalism points. That first page is not geology, biology or paleontology; it is high religion. For there we are told who we are in terms of our constititutive text. And if we could understand that, we would worrying about whether the antelopes or the cantaloupes came in a certain order.”
“A world without walls is the only sustainable world. . . . If the world is dominated by people who believe that their races, their religions, their ethnic differences are the most important factors, then a huge number of people will perish in this century.”
“When you think about people, you give them power.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.93, Penguin
“Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn't happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success.”
“One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.”

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