"I often think of that rare fulfilling joy, when I am in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes and the balance all interlock so beautifully that I feel truly overwhelmed by the wonder of it."

-- Charlie Waite

#Thinking Quotes #Light Quotes #Joy Quotes

“The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every step, listens suspiciously to every word he hears from the people he meets; thus, every step he takes presents a problem, a task, for his thoughts and feelings. He is alert and sensitive, he is experienced, his soul has been burned...”

Source : Knut Hamsun (1999). “Hunger”, p.97, Canongate Books
“We speak of memorizing as getting something 'by heart,' which really means 'by head.' But getting a poem or prose passage truly 'by heart' implies getting it by mind and memory and understanding and delight.”
“If you don't want to be in a story, don't know a writer.”

Source : Ethan Mordden (2015). “Buddies”, p.99, St. Martin's Griffin
“After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my field. To keep it going, to keep it alive, because I'm not going to live forever.”
“I always enjoyed working out and pushing myself physically and mentally as much as I possibly could.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.”
“Form, color, composition, drawing, are auxiliaries, any one of which... can be dispensed with.”
“One does what one is; one becomes what one does.”

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