"Of all the creative acts performed by the artist, the most directly legible is drawing... it is the act that is most directly and spontaneously governed by his nervous and muscular system."

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Source : René Huyghe (1962). “Art and the Spirit of Man”, London : Thames and Hudson

Rene Huyghe

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“I believe that a parents role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.”
“Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.”
“I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.”
“The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone.”
“The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert... I don't live inside buildings because buildings are dead places where nothing grows, where water doesn't flow, and where life stops. I don't want to live in a dead place. People say that I don't live in a real world, but it's modern Americans who live in a fake world, because they have stepped outside the natural circle of life.”
“What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary. On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown. And then proceed with your day.”
“If you know the why, you can live any how.”
“You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.”

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