"Off fall the wife, the mother, the lover, the teacher, and the violent artist takes over. I am I alone. I belong to no one but myself. I mate with no one but the spirit. I own no land, have no kin, no friend or enemy. I have no road but this one."

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Source : Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1967). “Myself”, Harvill Secker

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Fall Quotes

“If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it.”
“It's a "keep your fingers crossed" business, the entertainment business.”
“Truth breeds power, and truth never perishes.”
“To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.”
“First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.”
“Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations.”
“Nobody else knows your reason for being. You do. Your bliss guides you to it. When you follow your bliss, when you follow your path to joy, your conversation is of joy, your feelings are of joy - you're right on the path of that which you intended when you came forth into this physical body.”
“I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.”

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