"The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to."

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Source : University of Texas at Austin. University Art Museum, Arshile Gorky (1975). “Arshile Gorky: drawings to paintings”

Arshile Gorky

#Moving Quotes #Eye Quotes #Long Quotes

“One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art.”
“If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma , are sometimes consoling.”

Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.81, Oxford University Press
“The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a great and beautiful novel which mainly involved shallow people going to parties in a rich guy's house. By contrast, all sorts of terrible books are published every month about men slaughtering people for no reason - a serious matter which, in itself, does not make the author worthy of serious consideration.”
“The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form.”
“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.”
“There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences.”
“If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the darkness of tyranny, this is the key to the sunlight. If it is granted, all doors open. If it is withheld, none.”
“William Congreve is the only sophisticated playwright England has produced; and like Shaw, Sheridan, and Wilde, his nearest rivals, he was brought up in Ireland.”

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