"All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?"

-- David Hockney

#Art Quotes #Alive Quotes #Art Is Quotes

“It's magnificent, but it's not war.”

Source : Quoted in Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Reason Why (1953)
“I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.”
“The best days I have are usually days where I'm out in the woods and something happens, like I see an amazing animal like a fox, or I get a glimpse of a wild pig or something that I never see. Or crazy things happen.”
“Good design is not an applied veneer.”
“Always predict the worst, and you'll be hailed as a prophet.”

Source : "The Music Show" with Andrew Ford, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2006.
“Penn station", Ali said to the driver, slamming the door. Then she turned back to Hanna. "We ditch the bitches", she said. "And then we take them down".”
“You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.”
“When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much to us. But when we expend time and energy, we often just go ahead and pay.”

Source : Ruth Stout (2011). “Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent”, p.26, Norton Creek Press

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