"I've always felt the portrait is an occasion for marks to happen. I've never viewed the portrait as about the sitter. Even when I go to the National Portrait Gallery, I'm not thinking about the sitter; I'm thinking about how the artist chose that color or that highlight. It becomes about the time, place, and context."

-- Toyin Odutola

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Color Quotes

“So you're telling meÂ there's a chance!”
“I've always wanted to get my share but, due to my tendency to overcompensate (work harder, push for the win more), I've ended up with more than my fair share. These are some of the life lessons I've drawn from watching my mother and grandfather struggle in the world compared to my own struggles.”
“One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.”
“It is sexual energy which governs the structure of human feeling and thinking.”

Source : Wilhelm Reich (1969). “The sexual revolution: toward a self-governing character structure”
“6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.”
“To have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the room. It's easier to give yourself and the other person permission to play.”
“In the 10 or so years since e-sourcing technology first made its way into grocers' procurement departments, the results secured have been remarkable: frequent double-digit savings in both direct and indirect categories, new process efficiencies, higher procurement contract compliance, dramatically lower savings leakage - and the list goes on.”
“And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you.”

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