"Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books."

-- Jerry Saltz

#Art Quotes #Memories Quotes #Flower Quotes

“No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?”

Source : Charles Lever (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated)”, p.4531, Delphi Classics
“The surest way to get what you need is to communicate.”
“We're creatures, so we have limits.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth.”
“As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.”
“Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He is a comic genius, everyone wants to be in this movie, let's hope that everyone will wish to see it as well.”
“I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!”
“The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing that this chronicle is all overscored by divine fire, that every letter of it cries out, that from everywhere the piercing finger is pointed at it, at this current generation; but the current generation laughs and presumptuously, proudly begins a series of new errors, at which their descendants will also laugh afterwards.”

Source : Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.215, Vintage

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