"Many contemporary painters feel that their landscapes come from within and are brought to the surface and given form as a result of various stimuli. The artist's internal world is waiting to be evoked by whatever means the artist finds most productive, and... this world is just as important as the outer, visible world."

-- Edward Betts

#Mean Quotes #Artist Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“Does anyone actually think I'm going to call Tiger Woods and tell him what to do with his swing one day, and he's going to go out and do it, simple as that? It doesn't work like that.”
“Do you know how painful it is to tell someone you love him and not hear him say it back?”
“Detroit's political leadership is a parasite that has outgrown its host.”
“Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.”

Source : "Mountain of Snakes (Part II)" by Sean Penn, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2008.
“Many young women are less whole and androgynous than they were at age ten. They are more appearance-conscious and sex-conscious. They are quieter, more fearful of holding strong opinions, more careful what they say and less honest. They are more likely to second-guess themselves and to be self-critical. They are bigger worriers and more effective people pleasers. They are less likely to play sports, love math and science and plan on being president. They hide their intelligence. Many must fight for years to regain all the territory they lost.”
“The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space. You can't hold it. It's not the mind of materialists or nihilists. If you don't see your own miraculously aware nature, you'll never find a Buddha, even if you break your body into atoms.”
“Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?”
“I wanted to protect the songs. I wanted to make sure I could write freely and not be self-conscious about it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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