"Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now."

-- Dorothea Tanning

#Art Quotes #Different Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.”

Source : Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.150, Penguin
“I'm in loooove with this boy, and when you in love with someone, you don't give up on 'em, mo matter what.”
“That a thing made by hand, the work and thought of a single craftsman, can endure much longer than its maker, through centuries in fact, can survive natural catastrophe, neglect, and even mistreatment, has always filled me with wonder. Sometimes in museums, looking at a humble piece of pottery from ancient Persia or Pompeii, or a finely wrought page from a medieval illuminated manuscript toiled over by a nameless monk, or a primitive tool with a carved handle, I am moved to tears. The unknown life of the maker is evanescent in its brevity, but the work of his or her hands and heart remains.”
“A coincidence is a trend we have decided not to take seriously.”

Source : Philip Elliot Slater (1977). “The wayward gate: science and the supernatural”
“I run my household. Not all the time, well, sometimes.”
“Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.”
“Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them that they fail to meet.”

Source : Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”
“Also, I just think of Draco and he gets me in the right mood. He just keeps getting worse and worse.”

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