"English artists are usually entirely ruined by residence in Italy."

-- John Ruskin

#Artist Quotes #Ruined Quotes

“The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.”
“The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.”
“There is nothing new... everything has roots in the past.”
“Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.”

Source : Rex Stout (2010). “The League of Frightened Men”, p.87, Bantam
“Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.”

Source : "Ariel Rechtshaid: the producer behind Vampire Weekend, Haim and Sky Ferreira" by Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2013.
“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.”
“Good strong banks are essential for every family and for every business in the country and extraordinary times call for the bold and far-reaching solutions that the Treasury has announced today.”

Source : Gordon Brown during Press Conference with the Chancellor of the exchequer, webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. October 8, 2008.
“And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life.”

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