"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature."

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Source : Giorgio Vasari (1963). “The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects”, London : Dent ; New York : Dutton

Giorgio Vasari

#Beautiful Quotes #Children Quotes #Simple Quotes

“Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible - but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novel's length, satisfies the reader.”
“It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia "Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza "No. But it does help with the self-pity."- Cynthia”
“Paul, we are going to kill you. That is cool, then I will go to Christ. Ok Paul, we are going to let you live. That is great, then I can witness Christ. Ok, then we will torture you. That is fine, then I will receive a reward in Heaven one day.”
“With some of the bad things that come with love, there's also a lot of good. For example that connection... which I struggle to have with most people.”
“In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.”
“It is hard to compare over generations. I think a lot of the top talent is choosing other fields. We look pretty hard - we put a lot of time and effort into finding talent.”
“When a situation feels dangerous to you, it's probably more safe than you know; when a situation feels safe, that is precisely when you should feel on guard.”

Source : Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.185, Vintage
“I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record.”

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