"Art is the demonstration that the ordinary is extraordinary."

-- Amedee Ozenfant

#Art Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Demonstration Quotes

“In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.”
“You've got to involve yourself in doing something for other people all the time. I know that sounds sentimental, but you see, ordinary people are the most generous people on Earth without question. And what I think we should do is constantly try to give as much of ourselves as we can to each other - that's the secret of happiness for all of us.”
“Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.”
“I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.”

Source : Peter Benchley (2008). “Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea”, p.49, Yearling
“A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?”
“Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.”
“For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own reality more real for others, as part of an effort to transcend emotional danger. For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.”
“I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if itâ€™s one of the innumerable languages I donâ€™t know, even if itâ€™s in an indistinguishable murmur or imperceptible whisper, even if it would be better that I didnâ€™t understand and whatâ€™s said is not intended for my ears or is said precisely so I wonâ€™t understand it.”

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