"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people"

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Source : "Souvenirs sur Degas (Memories of Degas)". Book by Georges Jeanniot, 1933.

Edgar Degas

#Art Quotes #People Quotes #Littles Quotes

“You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the mother, advocate and protector of a child with a disability.”
“I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are created by women. Generally, most stuff that's not in the canon is created by women.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.
“If you have that spark that inspires other people, if you have a spark that gives resources to other people, that shares in really collaborative fashion, a spark of wit that kind of tells a story that gives people novel perspective of something, that's the kind of charisma that really leads to lasting power. It's not the kind of charisma that's seductive and self-aggrandizing. It's really a sort of a kind of social energy that really brings about the best in other people.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“People need to start becoming more aware of what's going on and doing something to fix it.”
“The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life; and love and faith create a desire for perfection and the power of reaching towards it step by step; create the future, in short, of which the living symbol is the child, link between us and the generations to come.”

Source : Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.61, Cosimo, Inc.
“The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.”
“It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.”

Source : "Keeping the hawks at bay while retaining control of the party". www.irishtimes.com. October 21, 1999.
“To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls.”

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