"Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half the work; the viewer has to come up with the rest, and it is by empowering the viewer that the miracle of art gains its force."

-- Vik Muniz

#Art Quotes #Dark Quotes #Empowering Quotes

“I'm afraid if I don't keep moving, they're going to catch me ... I am 81 years old and I want to see what's around the corner, and I don't see any reason in the world not to keep working. But I am starting to value my down time a great deal because I am realizing there might be other things to do that I am overlooking.”
“I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie.”

Source : Song: I'm Not Lisa, Album: I'm Jessi Colter
“I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.”
“We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.”
“As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.”
“If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.”
“You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.384, Broadview Press
“There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.”

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