"Once, after finishing a picture, I thought I would stop for awhile, take a trip, do things-the next time I thought of this, I found five years had gone by."

-- Willem de Kooning

#Art Quotes #Years Quotes #Gone Quotes

“We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others â€” that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?”

Source : Richard Chenevix Trench (1844). “The Story of Justin Martyr : Sabbation and Other Poems”, p.250
“We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.”
“Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.”

Source : "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics". Book by W. W. Rouse Ball, 1893.
“Rather be frumpy than vulgar! Much. Frumps are often celebrities in disguise -- but a person of vulgar appearance is vulgar all through.”
“Something happens because something happens because something happens”

Source : Jan Gehl (2011). “Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space”, p.75, Island Press
“Kyle Idlemanâ€™s Not a Fan is a crucial message for our time. Itâ€™s a powerful call to commitment and to following Jesus with all our hearts that has challenged me in the best of ways!”
“Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this political world. Where there is one, there is no conflict. Where there is two or more, there is conflict. Two is the devil. Conflict begin with the devil. We count 0 to 1, then back to 0. It is a circle.”
“Just you wait till Iâ€™m a vampire! Iâ€™m not going to be sitting on the sidelines next time.”

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