"I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless."

-- Burton Silverman

#People Quotes #Painting Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”
“I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.”
“I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.”
“Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from the well-known words of Luther, Russia might say: â€˜Here I stand on the frontier between the old, capitalist world and the new, socialist world. Here on this frontier I unite the efforts of the proletarians of the West and of the peasantry of the East in order to shatter the old world. May the god of history be my aid!”
“My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people have really beautiful tattoos, and I get real tattoo envy. But then other people basically just treat them like bumper stickers for their bodies.”
“It may be a point of great pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospects of having Van Gogh himself in the living room would put a great many devoted art lovers to rout.”

Source : BEN SHAHN (1957). “THE SHAPE OF CONTENT”
“He picked up the skull and knocked an onion ring out of its eye socket. "I see Sophie has been busy again. Couldn't you have restrained her, my friend?" The skull yattered its teeth at him. Howl put it down rather hastily.”
“I'm not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face.”

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