"No one questions the fact that verbal language has to be learned, but the commonplaceness of visual experience betrays art; people tend to assume that, because they can see, they can see art."

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Source : Anne Truitt (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

Anne Truitt

#Art Quotes #People Quotes #Facts Quotes

“When you tell filthy jokes as if they were all really serious, and happening all in the life of one family, it becomes a farcical situation. Imagine if you had a script that was imposed on your life - we all do in a certain way, from society, or family, the need to make money, biology, death. But you will have a certain latitude, or freedom, to read the script in your own way.”
“You know, you can't always criticize without somebody being at the end of the stick. And she perhaps did not always grant credit to her opponents for their motives, any more than they granted credit to her for hers.”
“You feign guilt in order to justify yourself.”
“FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the runway.”
“I always cause those who are near to me more suffering than pleasure.”

Source : Delmore Schwartz (1985). “Letters of Delmore Schwartz”, Persea Books
“History is the school of statesmanship.”
“Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.”

Source : Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 29: Sermons 1698-1756”, p.433, Delmarva Publications, Inc.
“The truth is, you leave this world with nothing. What you are is a temporary administrator, and you must administer well... the wealth in your care, and generate more. The surplus can be used to do many things for people.”

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