"We launch our souls from the cannons of art and discipline, and on any one night, hovering over the chimney tops of Europe, halfway to the stars, there are armies of brightly spinning spirits that have risen like fireworks, tethered to the souls of those men and women who, by reflection, mortification, and devotion, effortlessly outdazzle kings."

-- Mark Helprin

#Art Quotes #Kings Quotes #Stars Quotes

“Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state.”
“I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference.”
“Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.”
“I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.”

Source : Source: lennoxrandon.com
“Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.”
“You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the world goes together, or without sorrow for its spoiling. I became a hero to serve you, and all that is like you.”
“I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better.”
“Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands”

Source : Francesca Woodman (2000). “Francesca Woodman. Catalogo della mostra (Providence-Roma-New York)”, p.23, Castelvecchi

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