"Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic."

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Source : Holly Near, Derk Richardson (1990). “Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography”, William Morrow & Company

Holly Near

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Magic Quotes

“The idea of having no limits, either through education or money or possessions or power, is radically alien to everything the Bible assumes and says.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“To be a photographer you must have something to sayÂ about the world.”
“The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.”
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”
“If you want to enjoy intimacy, you must learn to enjoy pain.”
“Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.”
“I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didnâ€™t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness of each individualâ€™s curiosity and his or her quest to satisfy it.”
“Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.”

Source : Song: Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Album: She's So Unusual

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