"I think back to some of the pots we made when we first started our pottery, and they were pretty awful pots. We thought at the time they were good; they were the best we could make, but our thinking was so elemental that the pots had that quality also, and so they don't have a richness about them which I look for in my work today. Whether I achieve it all the time, that's another question, because I don't think a person can produce at top level 100 percent of the time."

-- Warren MacKenzie

#Thinking Quotes #Quality Quotes #Looks Quotes

“It is the first vision that counts. The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other... for no two visions are alike, and those who reach the heights have all toiled up steep mountains by a different route. To each has been revealed a different panorama.”

Source : Albert Pinkham Ryder (1961). “Albert Pinkham Ryder: Exhibition April 8-May 12, 1961”
“But in the act of attempting to imitate I discovered that I had a voice of my own. Whether I liked it or not was another matter. I found that I was my best or that I pleased myself most or came closest to my goals when I was tapped into something autobiographical.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“To lead other people is to be able to impact them in a positive way: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically.”
“Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.”
“The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.”
“Every time we have been drunk on Jager it's been - either we didn't remember or it's been insane.”

Source : Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. December 27, 2010.
“I don't think the film is going to work for everybody, period. It wasn't meant to be done for everybody. I didn't four quadrant this movie, like Hollywood did. I knew it was a very specific audience that was there. We're also taking a shot in the dark.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“By the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions.”

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