"The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical."

-- Scott Turow

#Art Quotes #Persistence Quotes #People Quotes

“My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices.”
“I knew his life deserved a chance/But everybody told me to be smart/Look at your career they said/Lauren, baby use your head/But instead I chose to use my heart.”
“There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology or physics (mathematicians conceived of black holes long before astronomers actually found any), and allows more freedom of expression than poetry, art, or music (which depends heavily on properties of the physical universe). Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.”

Source : "A Mathematician's Lament" by Paul Lockhart, genius.com. January 1, 2002.
“Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.”

Source : Robert Bringhurst (2004). “Prosodies of Meaning: Literary Form in Native North America”, University of Manitoba Press
“Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate”
“It isnâ€™t the fall that will kill you, but the sudden stop.”
“I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.”
“I've been looking for answers all of my life. Yes I realize now these are not what I needed. No, in fact, all I need is what I've decided on, in my heart to believe. In all the crossing confusion and haste of numerous opinion and stance, my own opinion has become my own boat from where I observe the raging opinions of the sea, relaxed, drinking my lemonade and feeling very amused by it all.”

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