""Look into thy heart and write!" is good advice, but not if interpreted to mean, "Look nowhere else!" The poet should know his world and, so far as his art is concerned, any kind of battering from his world is better than his own self-indulgent brooding."

-- Harriet Monroe

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace.”
“The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.”
“The doctrines which the Jews had been spreading throughout the land for years could not but have helped to undermine the Church's power.”
“And that is why I hate dogs." " . . . woof." --Sebastian and Ceiel”
“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.”
“Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.”
“Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.”
“It's the procedures in and for themselves that interest me. The picture isn't really necessary.”

Source : Sigmar Polke, Martin Hentschel, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwartskunst (1997). “Sigmar Polke: the three lies of painting”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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