"Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of dexterity, will be an affirmation of God."

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Source : Patrick Swift (1993). “PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983”

Patrick Swift

#Art Quotes #Successful Quotes #Reality Quotes

“My music is best understood by children and animals.”
“The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.”
“What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun?”
“I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference. We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.”

Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Selected congressional testimony and speeches by Adm. H.G. Rickover, 1953-81”
“Until man is nothing, God can make nothing of him. - Martin Luther”
“Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, and there are words not made with lungs.”

Source : "Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems".
“I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.”
“We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”

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