"Why settle for the art world when you can have the whole world?"

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Source : "The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, 2009.

Martin Firrell

#Art Quotes #World Quotes #Settling Quotes

“I've got so many ideas, and sometimes the more exhausted my body gets, the more active my mind gets.”
“The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.”
“The work is not simply about an occupation .. but why you are here.”
“The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.”

Source : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 186), 1968.
“How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.”
“Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.”
“Where sin has abounded in me, Grace now much more abounds in me. I live by that 'much more.'”
“We're all ordinary in a way. We can all be hurt. We can all be unbalanced. We all have feelings. Life can treat us harshly, even shockingly sometimes.”

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