"The things I felt... about certain painters of the past that... inspired me, like Cezanne and Manet... that complete losing of oneself in the work to such an extent that the work itself... felt as if a living organism was posited there on the canvas, on this surface... That's truly... the act of creation."

-- Philip Guston

#Past Quotes #Cezanne Quotes #Losing Quotes

“The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow.”
“What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.”
“In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.”
“It's surely no accident that there are horoscopes in Vogue, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Woman, New Woman, Elle and Cosmo ... but not Sports Illustrated, GQ, Esquire, Field & Stream or Guns & Ammo.”
“I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.”
“I finished high school, so now I'm planning to take a few classes in college when I'm not working.”
“Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.”

Source : Augustus Toplady (1794). “The Works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.250
“I seek what lies beneath surface beauty. What interests me are intimate human complexities - the darkness as well as the light. I cannot will this kind of transcendent communication into existence. I have to be open and truly present, and if I am lucky, grace descends. My best photographs are an honest collaboration, and when the viewer also connects, I feel the circle is complete.”

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