"If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this."

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Source : James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.107, Courier Corporation

James Whistler

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“Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:”

Source : James Hollis (2008). “What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life”, p.156, Penguin
“You have to look closely To see that it is pretty You have to look long To see that it is lovable You are the same”
“L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism”

Source : James Luther Adams (1976). “On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society”, Beacon Press (MA)
“In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system.”
“Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.”
“Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle.”
“She was--I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is--one of those people who, at first sight, look plain, are quiet, unassertive, unmemorable even. But who, when they start to talk and you get to know them, become more and more attractive and impressive, and you see that in fact they are beautiful. Not conventionally beautiful, not celebrity beautiful, but beautiful all through.”
“If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.”

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