"If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications."

-- Joshua Lederberg

#Years Quotes #Enormous Quotes

“Marketing of art is, and to my mind has always been, trendy. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean there is any real long-term value. As an artist I do what I like. As a collector I collect what I like.”
“Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public.”
“Everyone needs some time to unwind. There are even coloring book clubs popping up in every state now, so it's not such an isolating experience. People are getting together specifically to color. It's amazing.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin experiments.”
“Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.”
“In the history of the world there have been lots of onces and lots of times, and every time has had a once upon it. Most people will tell you that the once upon a time happened in a land far, far away, but it really depends on where you are. The once upon a time may have been just outside your back door. It may have been beneath your very feet. It might not have been in a land at all but deep in the sea's belly or bobbing around on its back.”
“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1978). “The Bookshop”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of.”

Source : Speech shown in "American Experience" series on PBS, 2000.

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