"There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing."

-- Toni Morrison

#Art Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“We've created the best indoor winter facility in the world. Having set that benchmark, it could inspire a whole new generation throughout the world.”
“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.”

Source : The Task bk. 2 "The Timepiece" l. 606 (1785) See Behn 1
“New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South”
“I just feel like everyone (including myself) on the planet is a little confused; we are all so driven by consumption - shopping, eating, getting high, whatever - anything to not "feel" what is really going on.”
“What daughter thinks of her parents in flagrante delicto? Yet, my mother, even after years with him, dropped hints such as, 'You know, your father enjoys his matinees.' I never even saw them go to the movies together. What could she mean? All those afternoons, I thought she was upstairs listening to La Traviata, and those high notes apparently were not coming from the radio.”
“A decade ago, my poems were precious little boxes, small and claustrophobic, completely inward gazing. I didn't possess the command to speak beyond the self. Over the years, my poems have stretched out, grown broader and grander. The intervening years of living and aging - with their portions of tragedy, triumph, and shipwreck - have earned me both the authority and the necessity to write on a cosmic scale.”
“Life is a lie, and Love a cheat.”

Source : Adah Isaacs Menken (1868). “Infelicia”, p.71
“It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself.”

Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1951). “Oration on the Dignity of Man”

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