"I want to cover all areas that can be depicted visually. This ranges from fairytales to attempts to enter the abstract and view oneself as a social outcast or someone struggling to stay alive."

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Source : "Nervous Stillness on the Horizon". Book by Monika Faber, 2005.

Gunter Brus

#Struggle Quotes #Views Quotes #Alive Quotes

“My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.”
“The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person”
“Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.”

Source : Stephen Grosz (2014). “The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves”, p.210, W. W. Norton & Company
“A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.”

Source : Craig Johnson (2007). “Death Without Company: A Walt Longmire Mystery”, p.8, Penguin
“There is more than one good way to drown.”
“Ignorant people always suppose that popular writers are wonderfully well-paid - and must be making rapid fortunes - because they neither starve in garrets, nor wear rags - at least in America.”

Source : Eliza Leslie (1839). “Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words”, p.259
“I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.”
“The whole punk scene is, of course, responsible for the Go-Go's ever getting created. Because before punk rock happened, you couldn't start a band if you didn't know how to play an instrument. But when punk happened it was like, 'Oh, it doesn't matter if you can play or not. Go ahead, make a band.' And that's exactly what the Go-Go's did.”

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