"Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in all that it leaves out. But what happens is that the mind fills in what's missing . . . Painting is a way of making you see what I saw."

-- Alex Katz

#Thinking Quotes #Missing Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“Be the first to see what you see as you see it.”

Source : Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.27, New York Review of Books
“People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.”
“A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.”

Source : Steven Brust (2010). “Iorich”, p.172, Macmillan
“The real meaning of mercy is that it can look on failure and still see a future.”

Source : John Claypool (1983). “The light within you”, W Publishing Group
“Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.”
“The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.”
“College was really good for me. It's where I did my growing up, learning how to live on my own and to be myself. That really helped. I've eased my way into everything since then, so it doesn't feel too crazy. It's just about being the same person, whether good things come my way or bad things come my way, and to enjoy the opportunities I have.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.”

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