"You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you've had a reason to do so."

-- Hans Hofmann

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“The person that inspires me and has inspired me my whole life is my grandmother. She's strong, head of the household, the person everyone turns to, the one that can solve problems. She's just so warm and caring, loving, but at the same time very strong and can do anything, in my eyes. A great role model and someone that I aspire to be like in life.”
“When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.51, Macmillan
“My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.”
“Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.”
“Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.”

Source : Millicent Garrett Fawcett (2011). “The Women's Victory - and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918”, p.66, Cambridge University Press
“Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.”
“In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.”
“Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love?”

Source : Travis Bogard, Eugene O'Neill (1988). “Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O'Neill”, p.271, Oxford University Press on Demand

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