"The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait."

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Iris Murdoch

#Inspirational Quotes #Artist Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all - but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”

Source : N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.52, Hachette UK
“No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.”
“Eastlake High makes Buffy's hellmouth look like a crack in the sidewalk.”
“Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.”
“Winner knows nothing about food.”
“Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after.”
“If your vision of the world is of a certain kind you will put poetry in everything, necessarily.”

Source : Carvel Emerson Collins, Georges Simenon (1956). “Georges Simenon: An Interview on the Art of Fiction”

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