"Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument."

-- William Morris Hunt

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“Ten million years from now, when then sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out.”
“I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.”
“A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind.”
“People hide behind the word aesthetic. They say, â€˜Well, itâ€™s just that designerâ€™s aesthetic.â€™ But when you see 18 seasons in a row and not one single model outside a certain skin colorâ€¦? There are people in the industry who are advocates, who support diversity.Â And there are people who do not.Â I donâ€™t get it.Â Beauty is universal. These doors have to open,”

Source : "The Return of the Supermodel: It's Joan Smalls" by Molly Young, www.elle.com. December 4, 2013.
“To make music means to express human intelligence by sonic means. This is intelligence in its broadest sense, which includes not only the peregrinations of pure logic but also the "logic" of emotions and intuition. My musical techniques, although often rigorous in their internal structure, leave many openings through which the most complex and mysterious factors of the intelligence may penetrate.”
“Here's the thing: life is now. It's not ten pounds from now, it's not twenty pounds from now, it's not a million dollars from now. It's right now. And you just have to take a chance.”
“We are increasing our efforts to attract the right kind of foreign investors through our various agencies.”
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

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