#Moving Quotes #Trying Quotes #Needs Quotes
“Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him.”
“I don't think Seurat would have been aware of the dots - he would have been aware of what he was trying to do. The dots were an instrument.”
“The bottom line is pray. If you’re tired, sick, emotionally overwhelmed—pray. If you’re on cloud nine and life seems perfect—pray. If you lack direction—pray. If you doubt that prayer makes any difference—pray. If the circumstances of your life are out of your control—pray. If the circumstances of your life seem well within you’re your control—pray even harder. Whatever you do—pray.”
Source : FaceBook post by Tony Evans from Dec 06, 2013
“I opened my veins. Unstoppably life spurts out with no remedy. Now I set out bowls and plates. Every bowl will be shallow. Every plate will be small. And overflowing their rims, into the black earth, to nourish the rushes unstoppably without cure, gushes poetry ...”
Source : Marina Tsvetaeva (2011). “Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems”, p.142, Carcanet
“In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.”
“The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.”
“I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow.”
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