"Is being burnt a requisite for the making of art? Personally, I don't think it is. But art is poultice for a burn. It is a privilege to have, somewhere within you, a capacity for making something speak from your own seared experience."

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Molly Peacock

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Privilege Quotes

“A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so; I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.”
“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
“Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.”

Source : "Tea Party: Thank You for Your Insanity" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2012.
“Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.”
“I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings.”

Source : John Burroughs (1924). “Summit of the years”
“At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 361, 1895.
“You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die.”
“I think it's really important to have a sense of humor.”

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