"All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work."

-- Susanne Katherina Langer

#Art Quotes #Creative Quotes #Persistent Quotes

“Ultimately every trick succeeds or fails with an audience because of its plot.”
“Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.”
“Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.”
“Atheism thrives on bad religion.”
“The clothes you wear are a metamorphosis. They change you from the outside in.”
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.”

Source : John Buchan (1921). “Great Hours in Sport”, London : T. Nelson
“No one else knows I'm alive, which means they won't notice when I'm gone.”
“It's not like I've been vaulting my whole life. I haven't. So my body hasn't taken that physical beating. I'm still on the upscale.”

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