"The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and, in any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods."

-- Maurice Maeterlinck

#Strong Quotes #Reality Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Painting comes to reality through illusion. An illusion that allows us to make a leap of faith; to believe. To believe in a blue that can be the wing of a bug or a thought. It makes our invisible visible.”

Source : Squeak Carnwath, John Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.) (1994). “Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery”
“There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.”
“My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.”
“The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy.”
“Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.”
“People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.”

Source : Keith Russell Ablow, MD (2007). “Psychopath: A Novel”, p.70, St. Martin's Press
“O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.”
“The painting is like a thread that runs through all the reasons for all the other things that make one's life.”

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