"It was a tradition to represent a dancer frozen in a chosen position, like a snapshot. I broke away from this tradition by superimposing postures, blending light and motion and scrambling the planes."

-- Sonia Delaunay

#Light Quotes #Dancer Quotes #Snapshots Quotes

“As drops of bitter medicine, though minute, may have a salutary force, so words, though few and painful, uttered seasonably, may rouse the prostrate energies of those who meet misfortune with despondency.”
“In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.”
“I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.”
“You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.”
“Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.150, Columbia University Press
“It is the privilege of the rich To waste the time of the poor To water with tears in secret A tree that grows in secret That bears fruit in secret That ripened falls to the ground in secret And manures the parent tree Oh the wicked tree of hatred and the secret The sap rising and the tears falling.”
“What do you do with your anger when the person you're mad at goes off and dies? Bury it? Bury it inside you?”

Source : Elizabeth Chandler (2010). “Don't Tell”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“The great truth that is too often forgotten is that it is in the nature of people to do good to one another.”

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