"He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good."

--

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Winter Rose”, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing

Jennifer Donnelly

“Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.”
“I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.”
“My process of working is not really that unique. I like to paint during the day, and block out large chunks of time with which to work. I prefer to work on a painting in a few swift passes, and not fuss over it. I think that the work needs to have an energy to it that can't be accomplished if one is adding a few strokes everyday. Once a piece is done, I don't work on it anymore. I hate fussy.”
“My father was a very good amateur pianist, and he had a collection of books on technique. One of the things he had was a small volume of exercises by Rudolf Ganz, in which Ganz mentions the pedagogical work of the Swiss composer, Ã‰mile-Robert Blanchet, who wrote a ton of polyphonic exercises for one-hand. These exercises were a great help for finger independence, which I acquired early on. This might have given me somewhat of an edge, a facility to be able to knock any obstacle that was in my way.”
“We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.”
“I don't let myself 'surf' on the Web, or I would probably drown.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”
“Include yourself in any reproof.”

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