"The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical."

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Source : Barnett Newman, John Philip O'Neill (1992). “Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews”, p.259, Univ of California Press

Barnett Newman

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“The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.”

Source : Entry for March 9, 1774. "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America". Book by William Gordon, Volume 1 p. 347, 1969.
“He leaned about the same way in falling towards Jacqueline, forward, down towards the bottom of the car.”
“We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000 of them are under 35. Are we really saying there are half a million people in this country under 35 who are simply too ill to work? I donâ€™t think thatâ€™s right.”
“Love is a state of being in harmony with oneself.”

Source : Anodea Judith (2012). “Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System”, p.201, Llewellyn Worldwide
“I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.”
“The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.”
“I think a 23-page ordinary comic is an investment for the artist, but if you're doing something 60 to 104 pages, that's a really big investment for an artist. So unless you've got someone who wants to pay you while you're doing it or up front, it's kind hard to get someone to do that with you, unless you're the artist yourself.”
“The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it in your blood, not in the head.”

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