"How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs."

-- William Morris Hunt

#Doubters Quotes #Painting Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“Branding is quite an important thing. As an artist, you want to be able to explore facets of yourself.”
“If I don't enjoy myself now, when shall I?”
“Dine on little, and sup on less.”
“No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness”
“Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic.Â Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution.Â Be brave, be brave.”

Source : Isak Dinesen (2011). “Seven Gothic Tales”, p.55, Vintage
“A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.”
“What I've heard from younger women and women my age is that the albums changed their lives or it was the first time they had heard feminism that they could relate to. So that's great.”
“Cultures are made of continuities and changes, and the identity of a society can survive through these changes. Societies without change aren't authentic; they're just dead”

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