"To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life"

-- Diego Rivera

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“Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.”
“If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest.”

Source : James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Peter Russell (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of James McNeill Whistler (Illustrated)”, p.620, Delphi Classics
“It's hard enough doing something bold without jumping into your bad reviews.”
“Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.”
“Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.”
“Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.”

Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.93, Simon and Schuster
“Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.”
“I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.”

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