"Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers."

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Source : May Sarton, Marilyn Kallet (1993). “A House of Gathering: Poets on May Sarton's Poetry”, p.138, Univ. of Tennessee Press

May Sarton

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“Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.”
“I trained for less than three-quarters of an hour, maybe five days a week - I didn't have time to do more. But it was all about quality, not quantity - so I didn't waste time jogging, ever.”
“The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.”
“The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.”
“Nothing is impossible to the man who will”
“Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis?”
“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.”

Source : Ayandegan newspaper, Iran, June 05, 1973.
“I would love to play your common, everyday guy, but I never get cast as that.”

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