"What concerns me when I work, is not whether the picture is a landscape, or whether it's pastoral, or whether somebody will see a sunset in it. What concerns me is - did I make a beautiful picture?"

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Source : "Artful Survivor". Interview with Deborah Salomon, www.nytimes.com. May 14, 1989.

Helen Frankenthaler

#Beautiful Quotes #Sunset Quotes #Landscape Quotes

“I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.”
“What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?”
“The individual attention and care that I personally experienced and witnessed given to other players totally blew me away.”
“There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.”
“Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
“I have to pick myself up every day and say, 'The show must go on,' meaning life as I know it must go on, whatever the obstacle is, I know I can handle it, and I can get through it.”
“Smoke says the beef is much better than the squawky white birds. Her expression changed from annoyed to dismayed. Squawky white birds? Chickens? You ate Mrs. Beale's chickens?Smoke whined apologetically.Saetan leaned back in his chair. Oh, it was so satisfying to see her thrown off stride. I'm sure Mrs. Beale was delighted to feed a guest - even if she wasn't aware of it, he added dryly, remembering too well his cook's reaction when she learned about the missing hens.”
“There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.”

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