"I think the popular concept of the artist is a person who has this great passion and enthusiasm and super emotion. He just throws himself into this great masterpiece and collapses from exhaustion when it's finished. It's really not that way at all."

-- Richard Estes

#Passion Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Artist Quotes

“To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.”
“Often culture gets stuck in static, traditional narratives. Contemporary ideas give culture elasticity, flexibility, which is always a breath of fresh air. But these ideas shouldn't only be for people who can afford to go to a museum or a symposium in the "better part of town."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill.”
“Sentence structure is innate, but whining is acquired.”
“We know more than we can tell.”

Source : Michael Polanyi, Amartya Sen (2009). “The Tacit Dimension”, p.4, University of Chicago Press
“I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.”
“I've suffered from low self-esteem.”
“In the dream life you don't deliberately set out to dream about a house night after night; the dream itself insists you look at whatever is trying to come into visibility.”

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