"Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29)"

-- Milan Kundera

#Artist Quotes #World Quotes #Paper Quotes

“Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It's the awkwardness that's nice.”
“Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.”
“I feel kind of sorry for those kids who just play one sport growing up.”
“My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.”

Source : "Ruben's debut". Interview with Ann Curry, www.nbcnews.com. January 2, 2004.
“As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.”
“A buddy of mine was addicted to ***** and he told me that people who say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting ***** are wrong.”
“Nobody's safe around a writer.”
“Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster.”

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