"The paintings each take several months to do and it's quite a cathartic and intense experience that's very pleasurable, but also very strange."

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Source : "Locating Loss with Oliver Jeffers". Interview with Angela Ledgerwood, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2014.

Oliver Jeffers

#Months Quotes #Strange Quotes #Painting Quotes

“Design is everything.”
“And I tell myself, a moon will rise from my darkness.”
“Who needs Satan when you have a God like this?”
“You could hollow out a big pumpkin and wear it on your head for the entire week of your birthday. This will allow you to get in touch with your Halloween emotions.”
“Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision”
“We forget that IMPOSSIBLE is one of God's favorite words”
“When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.”

Source : Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.189, University of Chicago Press
“Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors.”

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