"To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter in his line as in the other departments of art."

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Source : "The Classical Landscape Paintings of J.M.W. Turner". Book by Dennis Hugh Halloran, p. 75, 1970.

J. M. W. Turner

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“I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.”

Source : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1999). “The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael”
“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

Source : "The Last Poem I Loved: 'Modotti' by Adrienne Rich" by Laura Goode, therumpus.net. April 02, 2012.
“Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret”
“Life, he decided, was for living, not for having, and he wanted to experience every moment that he could.”
“It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association, and absolute free federation that we can reach Communism â€” the possession in common of our social inheritance, and the production in common of all riches.”
“Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law”

Source : Ferdinand de Saussure, Wade Baskin (2011). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.77, Columbia University Press
“Serbian history tells that family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.”
“Words may help and silence may help, but the one thing needful is that the heart should turn to its Maker as the needle turns to the pole. For this we must be still.”

Source : Caroline Emelia Stephen (1908). “Light Arising: Thoughts on the Central Radiance”

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