"Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem"

-- Robert Smithson

#Mistake Quotes #Mean Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The ethics laws do not let us tap out the truth in Morse code.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information after many hours of study is a talent.”
“Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets or fragile toys, but underneath always like enemies, enemies that must be restrained, bribed, spied upon, and punished. They believe that children so treated will grow up as dependent and immature as pets and toys, and as angry and dangerous as enemies within the family circle, to be appeased and fought.”

Source : Mari Sandoz (1959). “Hostiles and Friendlies: Selected Short Writings of Mari Sandoz”, p.32, U of Nebraska Press
“I've done choir since I was tiny, and I've always tried to get into plays. They all just meshed together. Now with my career, especially with music, people are like, "Which one do you pick?" I don't pick either. They're just different expressions of who I am.”
“Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.”
“What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?”
“The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them”

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