"In Red Flags, Juris Jurjevics has brilliantly accomplished a feat that is becoming a major characteristic of 21st century literature: the seamless combining of a genre form with the deep resonance of literary art. This book is thrilling to read for both its narrative drive and its insight into the human heart."

-- Robert Olen Butler

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #Flags Quotes

“With chemicals, it's shoot first and ask questions later.”
“I use a wide selection of colours. It is impossible to produce work like mine using only the primary colours as they only mix a certain range of colour.”
“Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you,”
“There's no such thing as im-POSSIBLE, Hiccup, only im-PROBABLE. The only thing that limits us are the limits to our imagination”

Source : "Impossible photography". TEDSalon London Fall Talk, www.ted.com. November 2011.
“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”
“What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.”
“Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.”
“I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance”

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