"It is reported of the peacock that priding himself in his gay feathers he ruffles them up; but spying his black feet he soon lets fall his plumes. So he that glories in his gifts and adornings should look upon his corruptions, and that will damp his high thoughts."

-- Anne Bradstreet

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“Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.”

Source : Agnes Martin (2005). “Schriften”, Cantz
“There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”
“If one who looked from a tower for a new star, watching for years the same part of the sky, suddenly saw it (quite by chance while thinking of other things), and knew it for the star for which he had hoped, how many millions of men would never care?”
“A lot of my albums that Ive done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. Its before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect.”
“I want to be a childrenâ€™s heroâ€¦ Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.”
“Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.”
“You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.”
“My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.”

Source : "The Vindication of Edwin Land". Forbes magazine, (Vol. 139, p. 83), May 4, 1987.

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