"You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so."

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Source : William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

William Morris Hunt

#Canvas Quotes #Feels Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate heart's willingness to feel whatever is present.”
“I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.”

Source : "No Third Way Out: An Interview with Vaclav Klaus". Interview with John Fund, reason.com. June 1, 1990.
“My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities! I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging the reasoning of others. I'm not satisfied with the state of humanity. If I must live on the same planet as Mr and Mrs out of touch, I will do whatever I can to jolt their zombie-ass skulls from the upside-down veal market they hang from.”
“I know for me, going back the person I've bad-mouthed or lied to is absolutely humiliating! But isn't it interesting that "humiliating" has the same root word as "humility"? Part of humility is taking responsibility for my sin and asking forgiveness even when it doesn't feel good. God wants to heal and restore your relationships, but it's not easy.”
“Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.”
“I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.”
“A wonderful world would be a place where we can openly, honestly share things and it's done the same way in return. Do you suppose we're going to get that world anytime soon? I don't expect it. So I am practical. I work to have people close to me whom I can openly and honestly share with. And from that base of safety and trust, I can extend my sharing out into the world.”
“I had no fun. My family was too serious.”

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