"When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying."

-- Lucy Larcom

#Winter Quotes #Artist Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.”
“I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”
“The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.”
“A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.”
“I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists.”
“Sex complicates, but it is the power of love to simplify.”

Source : Geoff Ryman (2014). “The Child Garden”, p.64, Hachette UK
“actuaries are people who wanted to be accountants but didn't have the personality.”

Source : Kaz Cooke (1989). “The Modern Girl's Guide to Everything Staring Hermoine the Modern Girl”, Simon & Schuster
“A change of work is a good rest for the mind if you're constantly focused on writing. I like to work with timber and be creative on that side sometimes as well.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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