"The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute."

-- Joshua Reynolds

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“Even when you tear its petals off one after another, the rose keeps laughing and doesnâ€™t bend in pain. â€œWhy should I be afflicted because of a thorn? It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh.â€ Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.”
“Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd go to a corner and take a book-any book almost-and read it for a while, and then feel rejuvenated.”
“There's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.”
“Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.”
“Chess programs don't play chess the way humans play chess. We don't really know how humans play chess, but one of the things we do is spot some opportunity on the chess board toward a move to capture the opponent's queen.”
“Has creation a final purpose at all, and if so why is it not attained immediately, why does perfection not exist from the very beginning?”

Source : Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1936). “Philosophical Inquiries Into the Nature of Human Freedom”, p.84, Open Court Publishing
“Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.”
“You can write a 1st paragraph that continues the same thought you expressed in your headline. If you stop a reader with a headline about house paint, you can be sure of at least one thing about that reader: He wants more info about house paint. You will not lose him as long as you continue to give him what he wants.”

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