"Going to the Huntington gardens and libraries was radically important for me. They have one of the best collections of 18th- and 19th-century British portraiture that you can imagine in Southern California. One doesn't think about Southern California as being the capital of great art."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Art Quotes #Garden Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“You donâ€™t feel as real if you donâ€™t see yourself reflected in the media [â€¦] Thereâ€™s something very powerful about seeing yourself represented.”
“Maybe you have thought that doing... little kindnesses doesn't make much difference, but as Alma said, "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass."”
“Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.”
“I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.”
“The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it doesn't. The United States makes a net gain. People believe it's a world government, although the UN is a pathetically weak organization which improvises in emergencies to try to prevent the worst from happening.”
“When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar.”
“Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.”
“Cats definitely have their own opinions.”

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