"The artist works by locating the world in himself"

-- Gertrude Stein

#Artist Quotes #World Quotes

“That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness.”
“The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.”

Source : Herbert Read (1971). “The Philosophy of Modern Art: Collected Essays”, Books for Libraries
“It is a mournful fact that most men, and indeed all men of worldly character, have so much regard to public opinion that they dare not act according to the dictates of their consciences when acting thus would incur the popular frown.”
“Seasons are like life. Some seasons are better than others. Some have more sun and rainbows. Others have storms and tornadoes. Some have both. You have to accept that, and bring colour and light to the season you're in as best you can, and always look forward to the next season.”
“It was great for me getting a chance to grow up as a normal kid just out of the spotlight, versus all of them growing up in New York. They always had that intense media and spotlight on them.”
“To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.”
“The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all soft kisses and white gowns and hand-holding. But underneath they were a scary, complicated, ugly mess, just waiting to rise to the surface.”

Source : J. Courtney Sullivan (2009). “Commencement”, p.96, Vintage
“The sexual revolution produced cultural convulsions that were unparalleled in the 20th century.”

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