"The forehead of every work must shine from afar."

-- Pindar

#Light Quotes #Shining Quotes #Afar Quotes

“War is, after all, the universal perversion ... war stories, the ***** of war.”

Source : 'The Custard Boys' (1960) ch. 13
“Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction.”
“They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it.”

Source : Christoph Becker, Julia Burckhardt, Georges Seurat, Kunsthaus Zürich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2009). “Georges Seurat: figure in space”, Hatje Cantz Pub
“Leaving the game plan is a sign of panic, and panic is not in our game plan.”
“There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, Latin or arithmetic, in a decent and useful degree.”
“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.”
“Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.”
“Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it.”

Source : "Phylicia Rashad: A Director's Life". Interview with Sergio Mims, www.ebony.com. June 27, 2012.

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