"We who draw do so not only to make something observed visible to others, but also to accompany something invisible to its incalculable destination"

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Source : John Berger (2011). “Bento's Sketchbook”, p.10, Pantheon

John Berger

#Invisible Quotes #Destination Quotes #Draws Quotes

“So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”
“But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn.”

Source : Joseph Needham (2013). “The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West”, p.176, Routledge
“I don't resent being identified with B science fiction movies at all -why should I? Even though they were not considered top of the line, for those people that like sci-fi, I guess they were fun. My whole feeling about working as an actor is, if I give anybody any enjoyment, I'm doing my job, and that's what counts.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.”
“For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.”
“I used to think it's better if you just live and die and no one knows who you are.”
“people with romantic illusions find it hard to make a living.”
“I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.”

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