"When a painter is working he is aware of the means which are available to him - these include his materials, the style he inherits, the conventions he must obey, his prescribed or freely chosen subject matter - as constituting both an opportunity and a restraint."

-- John Berger

#Mean Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.”
“The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in the media.”

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“I've had empathy toward what Carson McCullers calls "the invisible people" all my life and was inherently interested in what redeemed Mancil Travis, what fueled Mancil, what destroyed Mancil, etc. I think everyone wants redemption including Mancil.”
“I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.”
“Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. I live more simply now, and with more peace.”

Source : "Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure". Book by Richard E. Byrd, 1938.
“When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have most at heart. They dread the electric shock of a too sudden contact with it.”
“The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.”
“I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.”

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