"The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves; that he is the only rich man, though never so poor in the world; that he is the only beautiful man, though outwardly never so deformed; that he is the only happy man in the midst of all his miseries."

-- Richard Sibbes

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“Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power.”
“And now each night, I count the stars. And each night I get the same number. And when the stars won't come to be counted, I count the holes they leave.”
“I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.
“Something as unique as 'Scrubs' is a tough act to follow. It's hard to find something that good that you want to really make a commitment to.”
“But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
“For me, dance is a nutrient, you know, it's something that I need, it's something like, you know, the air we breath, the food we eat. These are things that we need for survival. For me, dance is a nutrient. It's my nourishment.”
“Now or never was the time.”
“Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.”

Source : Richard Wilbur, William Butts (1990). “Conversations with Richard Wilbur”, p.109, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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