"I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art."

-- Maggie Nelson

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Great Art Quotes

“Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results.”
“Its always my goal to raise the bar with each record I put out.”
“I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.”
“Trust is won not given.”
“I want to help you," Oliver said. "Why?" Galen looked up at him. "Because of Petunia?" Oliver was relieved that the prince didn't seem to be skeptical about his conviction. He simply looked like he wanted to know, and so did Heinrich, when Oliver dared to look at the other prince. Oliver was very aware that Heinrich had known his father. Had known him better than Oliver had, in fact. "Because of her," Oliver said at last. "Even though I have only met her twice, really...I just..." "I risked my life to save Rose after only speaking with her twice," Galen said with a small smile.”
“Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.”
“I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all.”
“Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat.”

Source : David Quammen (2004). “Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind”, p.3, W. W. Norton & Company

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