"You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting."

-- Agnes Martin

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“It seemed to me that one should make an effort to banish artificial classifications from chemistry and begin to assign to each element the place it must occupy in the natural order by comparing it in succession to others.”
“I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.”

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“My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.”
“Real art must always involve some witchcraft.”

Source : "Letters from Africa: 1914-1931". Book edited by Frans Lasson translated by Anne Born, 1981.
“Plan all you want for the future. Prepare for it. But don't worry about how you will react tomorrow, or even five minutes from now. Your creative mechanism will react appropriately in the 'now' if you pay attention to what is happening now.”
“The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.”
“Do not become angry and furious.... for those two emotions lead to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire.”
“Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated.”

Source : "Blake Lively: Blonde Ambition". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. February 1, 2012.

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