"An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist"

-- Stephen Stills

#Art Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #People Quotes

“I started out wanting to be a straight adventure cartoonist, but in 1979 realized what my real bag was.”
“Like the ostrich, head under wingWhen the roaring storm breaks,So many people take refugeUnder the soft pillowOf specious arguments.”
“I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.”
“[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away. All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it ***** you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!”
“Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?”

Source : Fumiko Enchi (1971). “The waiting years”
“Ignorance might be bliss, but it's irresponsible and dangerous too.”

Source : robyn carr (1992). “mind tryst”
“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”
“Every picture's painted differently, every one has got a vision in their mind. That fills the heart with answers, and the missing piece that we hope to find.”

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