"Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil."

-- Anne Michaels

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“Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition.”

Source : Morris Kline (1964). “Mathematics in Western Culture”, p.408, Oxford University Press
“I love knowing and learning about people around the world displaying my art online. Also, it's how I learn about new artists that are in various parts of the world. The positive thing about Tumblr and Instagram is that they're a fantastic platform for art lovers. I also like, when I search for my art and it says, "see also or related artists," and I see those other artists that relate to me, at least according to the internet. I think it's fascinating - it's interesting to see hashtags people are using in relation to my work. It's another tool of communication.”
“Friends are people who are in your life because you feel good around them and you like them. Friends are the people you choose to be with.”
“There have been men before â€¦ who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himselfâ€¦ as if the good Lord had nothing to do but to exist. There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.”
“The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.”
“Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.”
“Our words are, as a general rule, filled by the people to whom we address them with a meaning which those people derive from their own substance, a meaning widely different from that which we had put into the same words when we uttered them.”
“All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.”

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