"Now as before it is the vulgar and the vital and the possibility of its transformation into the beautiful which continues to challenge and fascinate me."

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Source : "Grace Hartigan, 86, Abstract Painter, Dies" by William Grimes, www.nytimes.com. November 18, 2008.

Grace Hartigan

#Beautiful Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Transformation Quotes

“Without books we're a very uneducated society. Think of the places books have taken us, the people we've been introduced to (fiction or non-fiction) and how books have allowed us to broaden our vocabulary.”
“I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.”
“I'm a little bit allergic to the whole brand thing to be honest but maybe it's just happening around me and I'm not really aware of it.”
“When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible.”
“The older I get the less I see spirituality as an accomplishment. It seems to me to be mostly a matter of letting go and being willing to receive the special gifts God desires to give to us in His timing.”
“Mature people never make difference of opinion a means of conflict.”

Source : M. Fethullah Gulen, Ali Unal (2007). “Pearls of Wisdom”, p.88, Tughra Books
“Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.”
“A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.”

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