"It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself."

-- E. J. Hughes

#Appreciation Quotes #Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.”
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”

Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.188, Macmillan
“Writers love to write those idiotic, long stage directions, and some of them worse than others. They have nothing to do with the movie. They're just jerking around.”
“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.”
“The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely.”
“Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer's Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.”
“Beauty does not lie in the face. It lies in the harmony between a person and his or her industry. Beauty is expression. When I paint a mother I try to render her beautiful by the mere look she gives her child.”
“We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.”

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