"The eye is complicated. It mixes the colors [it sees] for you ... The painter must unmix them and lay them on again shade by shade, and then the eye of the beholder takes over and mixes them again."

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Source : Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, Prentice Hall PTR, Prentice-Hall, inc (2000). “I, Juan de Pareja”

Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

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“I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.”
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”

Source : David Richo (2007). “The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know”, p.17, Shambhala Publications
“We lost one, we won two and we lost another one. We'll take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played in this series.”
“Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political economy (and therefore knew it ill) have taken upon themselves to advise, and could only do so by such lights as they had.”
“If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to turn out. All that is required is a book of instructions, a certain amount of bluff and bluster, something to use for threatening and punishing purposes, and of course the animal. Educating an animal, on the other hand, demands keen intelligence, integrity, imagination, and the gentle touch, mentally, vocally, and physically.”
“Climate is an angry beast and we are poking at it with sticks”
“Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.”

Source : Jonathan Carroll (2012). “Kissing the Beehive”, p.174, Open Road Media
“All that matters in life," the grey man went on, "is to climb the ladder of success, amount to something, own things. When a person climbs higher than the rest, amounts to more, owns more things, everything else comes automatically: friendship, love, respect, et cetera..." "Isn't there anyone who loves you?" Momo whispered.”

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