"Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway."

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Source : Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Robert Henri

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“God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway; And as their subjects ought them to obey, So kings should feare and serve their God againe.”
“The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful.”
“[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately.”
“All I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.... The problem is finding smile-inducing evil people, because the evil are the most humorless, though in the movies they frequently get some of the best lines.”
“The wild force of genius has often been fated by Nature to be finally overcome by quiet strength. The volcano sends up its red bolt with terrific force, as if it would strike the stars; but the calm, resistless hand of gravitation seizes it and brings it to the earth.”
“There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”
“In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.”
“It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.”

Source : Tayari Jones (2012). “Silver Sparrow”, p.45, Algonquin Books

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