"Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing."

-- Philip Pearlstein

#Opportunity Quotes #Artist Quotes #Body Quotes

“There just isnâ€™t a weak season of 'Breaking Bad.' Thereâ€™s just superior work, a sprint toward evil that turned into a marathon. But like all big-talker shows that bring their heavy cargo in for a rough and breathlessly observed landing, 'Breaking Bad' didnâ€™t quite leave itself enough runway to satisfactorily end some of its better story lines, especially once the chronology gap closed up between the flash-forwards from last yearâ€™s episodes and Sunday nightâ€™s conclusion. One could easily argue that there was just too much left to do in this one episode.”
“Research the imagination. It was as obsolete as the appendix in most adults, except for those in whom, like the appendix, it became inflamed for no reason.”
“E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.”
“My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the greatness of the spirit that has always been the foundation of the Ojibwa people.”

Source : Norval Morrisseau (2005). “Norval Morrisseau: Return to the House of Invention”
“I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always had crayons and pencils and still have work going right back to when I was five or six years old”
“Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or encumbrance.”
“A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest rules and precepts of morality.”
“Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!”

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