"Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold."

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Source : Emily Carr, Doris Shadbolt (1993). “The Emily Carr Omnibus”, University of Washington Press

Emily Carr

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“I wouldn't want to be around anyone that would want me around.”
“In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.”
“...what was the good of being a movie werewolf? You howled at the moon; you couldn't remember what you did, and then somebody shot you.”
“But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward.”

Source : Transcript: Senate Hearing on TSA, Full-body Scanners, www.cnet.com. November 16, 2010.
“Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?”
“Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.”
“USA belongs to a handful of men who also control the media. Look at General Electric. It produces nuclear weapons for the Pentagon and also owns the NBC News cable channel, which is a very sophisticated censure apparatus, intrinsic to the system. It's genius. It's like an electronic cage around the nation which blocks information from getting through.”
“Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2010). “Roadkill: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.13, Penguin

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