"Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless."

-- Albert Camus

#Religious Quotes #Art Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Keeping your head down and doing the best job you can in the beginning gives you the opportunity to be evaluated on the basis of the contributions you are making. [Then], when you feel strongly about your work or about a position, you'll be given more attention [than] if you hadn't done that constantly.”
“God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.”

Source : Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.30, Multnomah
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”

Source : "Aaron Carter Is 'Excited' For the Future After Gaining 40 Pounds at Health and Wellness Facility" by Jennifer Drysdale‍, www.etonline.com. December 1, 2017.
“Can you keep your balance? Can you see what and where you are at any given moment?”
“His outflung hands traced over the threads of his rug, passed loop by loop through some patient woman's hands. Or maybe she hadn't been patient. Maybe she'd been tired, or irritated, or distracted, or hungry, or angry. Maybe she had been dying. But her hands had kept moving, all the same.”
“If the whole is to be Art, the parts must not try to be.”
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
“All fiction is autobiographical fantasy.”

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