"It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the expression in concrete form of their notions of reality. Like him, they deal with the verities of time and space, life and death, and the heights of exaltation as well as the depths of despair. The preoccupation with these eternal problems creates a common ground which transcends the disparity in the means used to achieve them."

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Source : Mark Rothko, Christopher Rothko (2006). “The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art”, p.21, Yale University Press

Mark Rothko

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“Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.”

Source : Angelus Silesius, Frederick Franck (2005). “Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters”, p.102, World Wisdom, Inc
“Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be”
“The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.”
“You keep seeing your picture on posters that you are missing but you're not. That'd be weird, right? Or say you look down at the sidewalk and earthworms are spelling your name. Or you open a peanut bag and the 'hello' is written in your writing on the inside of the shell. Would that weird ya?”
“Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning.”
“Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.”

Source : "Nature. Beauty. Gratitude". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2011.
“If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 10, 2012
“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.”

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