"No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us."

-- Charles Lamb

#Eye Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Watches Quotes

“People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this one. Once upon a time, my wife and I had three small children -- two boys and a girl, just like in the story. And when they were young, we used to tell them a story very like YOU'RE ALL MY FAVORITES.”

Source : Sam McBratney (2007). “You're all my favorites”
“I have nice ears. I have no lobes, which was disappointing for a while, but I've gotten over it and learned to love them. Being lobeless isn't the end of the world”
“A hole is nothing but what remains around it.”
“The god you worship is the one you're capable of becoming.”
“Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.”
“Neil [Simon] was considered our greatest [living playwright] at the time [of their marriage]. Maybe he still is; I don't know. But anyway, he was hugely successful, and I just kind of got folded into that. And in some ways, he protected me, but in other ways, I wasn't fully able to step out, you know? He didn't want me to go away so much. The work that we did together was great, and I don't regret it, but what I am saying is that I didn't get an opportunity to explore some other areas that were offered to me early on. I took what I might call a U-turn.”
“Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.”
“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.”

Source : Dalia Judovitz, Marcel Duchamp (2010). “Drawing on Art: Duchamp and Company”, p.56, U of Minnesota Press

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