"I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot."

-- Nelson Mandela

#Firsts Quotes #Patriot Quotes

“The mind itself is an art object ... The mind is a blue guitar on which we improvise the song of the world.”
“There are those among us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of them lose themselves in their errors. The best of them crawl back, one foot at a time, and seek to amend their breaches. That is the way of the brave.”

Source : Chloe Neill (2014). “Wild Things: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel”, p.29, Penguin
“Amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.”
“Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you."”
“Nature has endowed the earth with glorious wonders and vast resources that we may use for our own ends. Regardless of our tastes or our way of living, there are none that present more variations to tax our imagination than the soil, and certainly none so important to our ancestors, to ourselves, and to our children.”
“Sincerity is technique.”
“Intimacy is a wonderful thing. It's frustrating that growing up I thought it was wrong. It isn't. Exploring your sexuality is important when you're growing up.”
“As each new skill is learned, you will merge it with those previously learned until, one day, you are simply drawing - just as, one day, you found yourself simply driving without thinking about how to do it.”

Source : Betty Edwards (1989). “Drawing on the right side of the brain: a course in enhancing creativity and artistic confidence”, Jeremy P. Tarcher

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