"Without mathematics thereÂ isÂ no art."

-- Luca Pacioli

#Art Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
“Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.”

Source : "Finding Your Religion With Bibhu". Interview with Alex Geana, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 16, 2011.
“I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'”
“A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.”
“Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way.”
“Every morning, when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things they do, is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. And if there are, you gotta go up to them and ask, 'What are you doing here?' and if they can't give you a good reason, it's our responsibility to say, you know, 'Shoo! Get back over there!'”
“You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tricia Goyer from Mar 28, 2014
“it is only by expressing all that is inside that purer and purer streams come. ... Pour out the dull things on paper too-you can tear them up afterward-for only then do the bright ones come. If you hold back the dull things, you are certain to hold back what is clear and beautiful and true and lively.”

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