"I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves in my work because I hoped that if I concentrated enough the intensity of scrutiny alone would force life into the pictures. I ignored the fact that art, after all, derives from art. Now I realize that this is the case."

-- Lucian Freud

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“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.”

Source : Arnold Bennett (2013). “The Human Machine: The Secret Edition - Open Your Heart to the Real Power and Magic of Living Faith and Let the Heaven Be in You, Go Deep Inside Yourself and Back, Feel the Crazy and Divine Love and Live for Your Dreams”, p.26, Lulu Press, Inc
“I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.”

Source : "The real running mates". Interview with Pablo Martinez Monsivais, usatoday30.usatoday.com. October 19, 2004.
“That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.”

Source : Ira Levin (1972). “The Stepford Wives: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated
“If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.”
“The photogram, image formation outside the camera is the real key to photography,it embodies the essence... that allows us to capture light on light sensitive material without the use of any camera.”
“Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings.”
“Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.”
“I shall develop the thesis that anyone acting communicatively must, in performing any speech act, raise universal validity claims and suppose that they can be vindicated.”

Source : "n the Pragmatics of Communication". Book by Jürgen Habermas, 1998.

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