"Ideas rather than methods are central to they way I work, although drawing plays a central generative role in everything I do."

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Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.

Patricia Piccinini

#Play Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“We’ve been fighting about gay marriage for what, 15-20 years now. Is there any evidence that fighting gay marriage is contributing to a greater appreciation among the broad society of the marital institution? Is there any evidence that the re-institutionalization of marriage is happening as a result of opposing gay marriage? And the best answer I can give to that is 'no.'”
“Actuated by these motives, and apprehensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict which was not unworthy of a statesman or a philosopher. He extended to all the inhabitants of the Roman world the benefits of a free and equal toleration; and the only hardship which he inflicted on the Christians was to deprive them of the power of tormenting their fellow-subjects, whom they stigmatised with the odious titles of idolaters and heretics.”
“When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.”
“My coaches are always my friends. I've always had a coach a year of my life and they're really important part of being a better human for me.”
“A man goes to the village to visit the wise man and he says to the wise man, â€œI feel like there are two dogs inside me. One dog is this positive, loving, kind, and gentle dog and then I have this angry, mean-spirited, and negative dog and they fight all the time. I don't know which is going to win.â€ The wise man thinks for a moment and he says, â€œI know which is going to win. The one you feed the most, so feed the positive dog.”

Source : Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.50, John Wiley & Sons
“Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.”
“You know, this is - one can imagine how life would be different if one body of Congress was controlled by the other party, there would be subpoena power and there would be all - mechanisms to get to the bottom of all sorts of issues of controversy.”
“By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place. Â I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family. Â But no one is offering any clear information.”

Source : Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.51, Faber & Faber

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