"We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides: But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd."

-- Matthew Arnold

#Heart Quotes #Fire Quotes #Soul Quotes

“One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.”
“If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and feel anything is possible.”
“The only way to be who you want to be is by being what you haven't yet been.”
“A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.”
“You plus nothing equals everything.”
“Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye”
“I was clinging to all that had been and, in an ideal world, all that we had hoped for. He, he wanted out.”
“After being an Impressionist, Cubist, and an Abstract Expressionist, I was influenced by realistic artists, including Andrew Wyeth in the late '50s, and I haven't changed my style since.”

Source : "Robert Batemen: On home life, health, helping wildlife and his art muse". Interview with Carol Crenna, carolcrenna.wordpress.com. December 15, 2012.

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