"I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction."

-- Ben Nicholson

#Addiction Quotes #Ecstatic Quotes

“Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.”
“Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization...Without it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.....”
“Now is the time to learn how to argue constructively before you have children.”
“Women are a new race, recreated since the world received Christianity.”
“There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued. It was more from my own relationship with the instruments at this time, figuring out the instrument and then having to learn different pieces that I really got into music. I really discovered the almost transcending power of music. And I think that is why I am so into it.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“My use of evenly repeated dots and diagonal lines and uninflected color areas suggest that my work is right where it is, right on the canvas, definitely not a window into the world.”

Source : Roy Lichtenstein, Jack Cowart, Katonah Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens (2009). “Lichtenstein in process”
“I had so much fun touring the Grand Canyon area with the Sierra Club. I love to get outdoors and enjoy nature. We went kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, and even rode mules. To do all these things in one of the most stunning natural areas in the world just made it more amazing. I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we have to do everything we can to protect it for future generations.”

Source : "Nolan Gould, ‘Modern Family’ Actor, Heads To The Grand Canyon With Sierra Club", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2012.
“My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.”

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