"When I lived in Cookham I was disturbed by a feeling of everything being meaningless.But quite suddenly I became aware that everything was full of special meaning and this made everything holy... I observed this sacred quality in most unexpected quarters."

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Source : Sir Stanley Spencer, Fiona MacCarthy, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City) (1997). “Stanley Spencer: An English Vision”, Yale University Press

Stanley Spencer

#Feelings Quotes #Quality Quotes #Special Quotes

“Slumbering in every human being lies an infinity of possibilities, which one must not arouse in vain. For it is terrible when the whole man resonates with echoes and echoes, none becoming a real voice.”
“I highly recommend tantric sex workshops.”
“The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.”
“I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does”
“A woman's honor rests on manly love.”

Source : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.78
“A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy to be found even in destruction.”
“I live in Selfridges because it has everything under one roof. Liberty's is great for the same reason - I'm so lazy, I hate walking from shop to shop. Powder in Crouch End always has great designer labels in, so when I walk past I have to put my blinkers on because every time I nip in I come out with too much stuff; it's dangerous.”
“I don't like L.A. I've always said that, and people hate on me for it. I don't really like the city.”

Source : "Shenae Grimes, ‘90210’ Star, Prays You Still Like Her (And Annie)". Interview with Meredith Gillies, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2012.

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