"I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity."

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William Baziotes

#Wall Quotes #Painting Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“Waves, sky, trees, Essrog - I was off the page now, away from the grammar of skyscrapers and pavement.”
“To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice to Fortune, and hath convicted her of many facts in which she had not the least concern.”
“Don't look at me like that, Michael Cole.”
“I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.”
“Music and other forms of art are by far the most effective kind of social-work that exists. A single, nameless one-hit wonder brings more comfort to the world than almost any single psychologist can hope to in a lifetime”

Source : Ian Brennan (2016). “How Music Dies (or Lives): Field Recording and the Battle for Democracy in the Arts”, p.79, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Ever since I was little I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going,.”

Source : "Opposites attract". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2005.
“The problem is that taxes arenâ€™t used efficiently.”
“A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function”

Source : Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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