"It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds..."

-- Arthur Lismer

#Art Quotes #Believe Quotes #Deeds Quotes

“The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged.”

Source : Antoine Terrasse, Pierre Bonnard (2000). “Discoveries: Bonnard: Shimmering Color”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated
“The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.”
“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like you're watching television -- you don't feel anything.”
“I failed on a climbing problem eight times before realizing I was climbing as high as I knew I could and then letting go. On my next try I climbed with no thought of failure and reached the top. We cannot know what we can do in advance. The only way to find out is to go all-out trying, thinking only of success.”
“It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!”

Source : "Five Questions with Kimberly Caldwell". www.seventeen.com. October 8, 2009.
“What was a foreigner, anyway? Is the place you're born the only place you really belong? At what point do you stop being from "away" and start being from "here"?”
“The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his pathway to true honor is his ability to admit fault when he has failed. God wants to fill the church with men who can say they are wrong when THEY ARE WRONG. A man who is willing to humble himself before God and his family and say: "I was wrong." will find that his family has all the confidence in the world in him and will much more readily follow him. If he stubbornly refuses to repent or admit he was wrong, their confidence in him and in his leadership erodes.”
“Listen to the long stillness: New life is stirring New dreams are on the wing New hopes are being readied: Humankind is fashioning a new heart Humankind is forging a new mind God is at work. This is the season of Promise”

Source : Howard Thurman (1985). “The Mood of Christmas”

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