"Art is not delivered like the morning paper; it has to be stolen from Mount Olympus."

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Wayne Thiebaud

#Morning Quotes #Art Quotes #Paper Quotes

“I love all things, not because they are passionate or sweet-smelling but because, I don't know, because this ocean is yours, and mine: these buttons and wheels and little forgotten treasures, fans upon whose feathers love has scattered its blossoms, glasses, knives and scissors -- all bear the trace of someone's fingers on their handle or surface, the trace of a distant hand lost in the depths of forgetfulness.”
“I can't drink whiskey like I used to back then, that's for sure.”
“A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible.”
“The longer Jose Mourinho goes on, and on, and on, the more difficult it is for me not to despise him and the set of values he's bringing to football.”
“My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!”
“The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards.”

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