"If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it is not the eye, it is the mind which the painter of genius desires to address."

-- Joshua Reynolds

#Art Quotes #Eye Quotes #Deception Quotes

“We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that weâ€™re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers. We develop all those long-winded ideas which just interpret the reality of our lives in different ways, without really extending our body of worthwhile knowledge, about the big things, the real things. Basically, we live a short disappointing life; and then we die. We fill up our lives with shite, things like careers and relationships to delude ourselves that it isnâ€™t all totally pointless.”
“Giving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator.”
“My fear, as a writer, is that I am a curiosity. That I can only bring you this peculiar condition from far away, from outside, and if you look at it then it will mean nothing. So, I have to pretend it's more than that. Horror writing lets me do that.”
“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?”
“What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.”
“You tempt me.I can't be tempted.I'm not made to be tempted,but you,Pagan Moore,you tempt me.From the moment i came for you i was drawn in.Everything about you.."One of his hands left my waist and moved up to gently caress my arm."You make me crazy with need.With want.I didn't understand it at first.But now i know.It's your soul calling to me.Souls mean nothing to me.They aren't supposed to.But yours has become my obsession.”
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”

Source : Leigh Bardugo (2013). “Siege and Storm”, p.120, Macmillan
“The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS”

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