"It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of individual's and society's self-deception."

-- Robert Motherwell

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Deception Quotes

“I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.”
“I did not give Xanax or anything else to my child.”
“In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.”

Source : Charles Tomlinson (1887). “Essays, Old and New”
“When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.”
“American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world.”

Source : Michael Mandelbaum (2010). “The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era”, p.53, PublicAffairs
“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”
“If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.”
“My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.”

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