"The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is a great adventure, and I want to say to you, accept it in such a spirit."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

#Adventure Quotes #Heart Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, . . . conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality.”

Source : Carolee Schneemann (2003). “Imaging Her Erotics: Essays, Interviews, Projects”, p.47, MIT Press
“WIDE, the margin between carte blanche and the white page. Nevertheless it is not in the margin that you can find me, but in the yet whiter one that separates the word-strewn sheet from the transparent, the written page from the one to be written in the infinite space where the eye turns back to the eye, and the hand to the pen, where all we write is erased, even as you write it. For the book imperceptibly takes shape within the book we will never finish. There is my desert.”
“I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.”
“Want know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not one bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, 'why so serious?' He comes at me with the knife. 'Why so serious?!'. He sticks the blade in my mouth. 'Let's put a smile on that face!' And why so serious?”
“My wife has a whim of iron”
“Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.”
“High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.”
“The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as playâ€”a happy opportunity to master practical skills, to raise questions, experiment, and explore.”

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