"The artist creates the material that we look back upon as part of history."

-- Roy DeCarava

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“O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! To spread, where'er thy golden feet have trod, The benediction of His grace divine: To hold the promise of His final plan Blazing before the eyes of human-kind, And, at thy setting, leave His love enshrined Anew in the reminded heart of man!”
“They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com. December 5, 2014.
“My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.”
“Giese was an unemotional man, but then in the study of Solaris emotion is a hindrance to the explorer. Imagination and premature theorizing are positive disadvantages in approaching a planet where-as has become clear-anything is possible... The fact is that in spite of his cautious nature the scrupulous Giese more than once jumped to premature conclusions. Even when on their guard, human beings inevitably theorize.”
“I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.”
“I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.”
“Making your bed could be a piece of art, and writing a book could be a piece of art. You could also write a book that's not a piece of art, but that is a book, and it could be a book that was written by an artist.”
“What is generally missed, is that my writing financed research.”

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