"Substances are like mirrors that let us see things about ourselves that we cannot quite understand."

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Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.45, Routledge

James Elkins

#Mirrors Quotes #Substance Quotes

“Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1971). “Myself Among Others”
“Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.”
“The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.”
“The problem was, I enjoyed Question Period too much and loved the challenge it provided. Far from being a dreaded burden, it had become an exciting part of my life; opposition members attacked me, I fought back, I won or lost or held them to draw, and the next day we did it all over again.”
“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.”
“Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.”
“I wanted desperately to go on living in someone's memory. If we are not remembered, we are more than dead, for it is as if we had never lived”
“He who dares not (reason), is a slave.”

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