"Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken smoulders still Among boulders on the hill, Far too bright to seem quite dead. But old Death, who can't forget, Waits his time and watches yet, Waits and watches by the door."

-- Robert Graves

#Doors Quotes #Tree Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak.”
“I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.”
“Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.”

Source : Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge (2011). “Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations”, p.54, Univ of California Press
“The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we donâ€™t have that kind of time.”
“The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death.”

Source : Ursula Goodenough (2000). “The Sacred Depths of Nature”, p.20, Oxford University Press, USA
“Beauty is a fragile gift.”
“I have to keep going, as there are always people on my track. I have to publish my present work as rapidly as possible in order to keep in the race. The best sprinters in this road of investigation are Becquerel and the Curies...”
“Returning to writing fiction after years away from it. Returning to the rootstock of my whole life as a writer. It's what I had wanted to be for my entire life, since I can remember, since my particular time immemorial. It's how I got my start as a writer.”

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