"Iâ€™ve been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist whoâ€™s inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and Iâ€™ve had his book by my bed looking at how he interprets landscapes â€“ mountains and water and flowers and birds."

-- Renee O'Connor

#Flower Quotes #Book Quotes #Artist Quotes

“Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet.”

Source : "Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press". Speech in the House of Representatives, November 07, 1997.
“What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.”
“My son is 22 years old. If he had not become a Communist at 22, I would have disowned him. If he is still a Communist at 30, I will do it then.”

Source : Attributed in Bennett Cerf, Try and Stop Me (1944)
“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.”
“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or itâ€™s really hard to catch.”
“We fall in love with one version of someone and we expect them to stay that way, but they never do.”

Source : "Artists Respond To ‘Her’ With Personal Reflections On Sex, Love And Relationships" by Sarah Barness, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2014.
“When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.”
“Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.”

Source : Lee Wulff (1989). “The compleat Lee Wulff: a treasury of Lee Wulff's greatest angling adventures”, Dutton Adult

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