"I think at one point, a whole new younger generation of critics come in and they're really aware of zeitgeist in their group, and the older artists tend to get forgotten as their critics retire and do other things or stop paying attention. So there's a factor of aging that I think is to be considered, too. As a middle-aged artist, you kind of get put on a shelf for the young ones."

-- Michael C. McMillen

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Attention Quotes

“And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.”
“A bear and a deer are both wild animals. We allow the deer to roam in our backyard but we do not give the same right to the bear. It is because the bear is dangerous. Neither the bear nor the deer have rights. We humans give them rights. Taking in account our own security, we give to some animals some rights and deny the same to other animals.”

Source : Source: myislam.dk
“When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.”
“If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.”
“It is impossible for any woman to love her children twenty-four hours a day.”

Source : Milton R. Sapirstein (1955). “Paradoxes of Everyday Life: A Psychoanalyst's Interpretations”
“Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of womenâ€™s capacities in birth is lost to the people of that societyâ€”to professional caregivers, as well as to the women of childbearing age themselves.”
“The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.”
“First of all I listen to music. I like music.”

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