"The artist isn't particularly keen on getting a thing done, as you call it. He gets his pleasure out of doing it, playing with it, fooling with it, if you like. The mere completion of it is an incident."

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Source : William McFee (1921). “Harbours of Memory”

William McFee

#Art Quotes #Done Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working”
“Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.”
“God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.”
“At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.”
“I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.”

Source : Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.459, Open Road Media
“Poems have ideas. The ideas of poems come out of their emotions and their emotions are carried on images.”
“I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.”

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