"Grigsby's marvelous exploration-a deep, wide, and beautiful inquiry into Sojourner Truth's use of technology-features more of her photographs than have ever been collected before. Among its many insights, I especially relished the analysis of Truth's illiteracy. Enduring Truths is art history with a wide-ranging concept of history left in. A terrific book, and one we've needed for a long time."

-- Nell Irvin Painter

#Beautiful Quotes #Art Quotes #Book Quotes

“the only way to become a better writer is to become a better person.”
“I'd rather pour myself into a world I love and understand than try to make something up out of nothing.”
“Godâ€™s dream for us is not simply peace of mind, but peace on earth.”
“Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.”
“I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.”
“The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that's an inexhaustible one I'm sure.”
“In January 1912 Leonard proposed marriage. She was unable to answer directly and he pressed further in a passionate letter: 'It isn't, really it isnt, merely because you are so beautiful - though of course that is a large reason & so it should be - that I love you: it is your mind & your character - I have never known anyone like you in that - wont you believe me?”
“The one place I've seen something really come together is in editing. Sometimes you can save pieces in a way that you're really shocked.”

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