"Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds."

-- Horace

#Courage Quotes #Fool Quotes #Shame Quotes

“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”

Source : Willem De Kooning, John Elderfield, Lauren Mahony (2011). “De Kooning: A Retrospective”, p.192, The Museum of Modern Art
“I only started to understand the concept of "environmental protection" 14 years ago. I was an ambassador for a charity event, and the staff told me that the consumption of disposable chopsticks in China, per year, could result in the devastation of unimaginable acres of forest.”
“It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.”
“I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.”

Source : "Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo THE ARTIST Interview". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 23, 2011.
“I fully understood what I was doing when I shot the president. I realized that I was sacrificing my life. I am willing to take the consequences. I want it to be published - I killed President McKinley because I done my duty. I don't believe in one man having so much service and another man having none.”
“My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.”
“Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.”

Source : Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft (1966). “Themes and episodes”

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