"I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an ordinary bricklayer is more valid than the artwork of all but a very few artists."

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Source : "Ellsworth Kelly: schilderijen en beelden 1963-1979". Exhibition catalogue by Ellsworth Kelly, Barbara Rose, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 'Notes from 1969', 1979.

Ellsworth Kelly

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“My one ambition is to play a hero.”
“I can't say enough about how I'm against drugs. Be smart, think about it, look at what it does to people, look at how much you have to experience in life and be courageous enough to do everything you want to without that chemical help.”
“Be not solitary, be not idle”

Source : The Anatomy of Melancholy pt. 3, sec. 4 (1621 - 1651) See Samuel Johnson 97
“To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.”
“Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing.”
“A timid question will always receive a confident answer.”
“There was no way that I wanted him to stop touching me, even for a few hours. My pulse thudded as I glanced across at the camp bed. I cleared my throat. "Wel...is there a reason we can't both take the bed? The sleeping bags zip together, don't they?" Alex stared at me without moving. "Would that be OK?" I asked, feeling nervous suddenly. The lantern light made his eyes look darker, his hair almost black. He started to smile, a grin spreading across his face. "Yes, that would be extremely OK.”
“The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.”

Source : Bryan Waller Procter (1857). “Dramatic Scenes ; with Other Poems Now First Printed”, p.192

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