"Without ethical consciousness, a painter is only a decorator."

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Source : Robert Motherwell (1999). “The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell”

Robert Motherwell

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“People race to achieve everything by a certain age in their life, be it 40, 50 or 60 - but with increasing life spans 50 or 60 might be just the beginning of a new career, or just the point when you begin to get into your stride. There used to be a syndrome of me retiring at 65 and then dying not long after because their life was stripped of meaning, without their work. But these days you may live another 20 or 30 years beyond 65 so you have to figure out where you can make another contribution.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“It's not how you look, it's how you feel in the dark”
“I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home.”
“Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”

Source : Song: Unanswered Prayers, Album: No Fences, 1990
“A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.”

Source : "Hey Laaaady: Jerry Lewis Isn't Laughing". www.cbsnews.com. February 14, 2000.
“The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.”
“Now faith is the turning of dreams into deeds. It is betting your life on the unseen realities”

Source : Clarence Jordan (2004). “Cotton Patch Gospel: Hebrews and the General Epistles”, p.9, Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.
“Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there.”

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