"Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay - the world survives into another day, and I'm thinking about eternity. Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me."

-- Bruce Cockburn

#Thinking Quotes #Looks Quotes #World Quotes

“the word 'abstract' comes from the light tower of the philosophers ... one of their spotlights that they have particularly focussed on 'Art' ... (abstraction was) not so much what you could paint but rather what you could not paint. You could not paint a house or a tree or a mountain. It was then that subject matter came into existence as something you ought not have.”
“Some male gamers with a deep sense of entitlement are terrified of change.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefitting others, one needs to be engaged, involved.”
“Wise? No, I simply learned to think.”
“my advice to every student who is trying to make a decision for the years immediately after graduation: take the opportunity that in your mind is the most rewarding, that you are most passionate about and that you find most interesting and save the rest of your life for being risk averse. Whatever you want to do, this is the time to pursue it. Twenty years from now, your freedom to take risks will be limited.”

Source : Interview with Harvard Investment Magazine, Winter 2005.
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
“One cannot have economic growth without security.”
“Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.”

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