"The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen."

-- Robert Genn

#Sight Quotes #Progress Quotes #Looks Quotes

“It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.”

Source : Michael Reagan, Joe Hyams (1989). “On the outside looking in”, Kensington Books
“Could Henry Ford produce the Book of Kells? Certainly not. He would quarrel initially with the advisability of such a project and then prove it was impossible.”
“Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.”
“The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.”
“Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.”
“Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one planet. Literature is the great extra-somatic keeper of our knowledge of what it is to be human. Reading elevates us. We read to be our best selves.”
“It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it.”
“Are you reading?" I say. It's not that I don't think Finn can read or anything, but it's just - well, not what I expected to see. I figured Finn spent his time doing whatever it is guys who aren't Josh do when they aren't in school. Burping, or something. "Try not to look so surprised," Finn says. "I read. I can count to ten. Sometimes I can even spell my own name.”

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