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“Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work.”
Source : James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.100, Courier Corporation
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“Bangladesh is not India, Pakistan, South Africa or Australia.”
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“Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.”
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“From the moment of birth, at every level, human beings who are more alike than different become polarized into two absolutely exclusive classes with very different and ill-distributed symbolic powers.”
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“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.”
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“A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for.”
Source : Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.62, David C Cook
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“There's something that comes from mistakes. Maybe adventures involve treasure or something. I think the wrong turns are more important than the right ones. Most people don't go through life without making mistakes, but sometimes you meet someone who seems to hit all the marks. But they never seem to know very much. They have success and luck but no real wisdom.”
Source : "The Misadventures of Iris Smyles". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016.
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“Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is already there. And it is speaking with a voice and, you know, 4 million of us came to see the site.”