"I seek what lies beneath surface beauty. What interests me are intimate human complexities - the darkness as well as the light. I cannot will this kind of transcendent communication into existence. I have to be open and truly present, and if I am lucky, grace descends. My best photographs are an honest collaboration, and when the viewer also connects, I feel the circle is complete."

-- Joyce Tenneson

#Lying Quotes #Communication Quotes #Circles Quotes

“Withhold no part of the precious truth, but speak what you know and declare what you have seen. Do not allow the toil or darkness or possible unbelief of your friends to dissuade you. Let us rise and march to the place of duty, and there declare what great things God has shown to our soul.”
“In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.”
“It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot at the wharves in ignoble anchorage.”

Source : Hamilton Wright Mabie (1893). “My Study Fire”
“I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.”
“I reckon if I can't spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking.”

Source : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.96, Macmillan
“Art Exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world”
“I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.”

Source : Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Winkler (1997). “Bloomberg by Bloomberg”, Wiley
“Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.”

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