"... This is the paradox of vision: Sharp perception softens our existence in the world."

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Susan Griffin

#Vision Quotes #Perception Quotes #World Quotes

“I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.”
“The war in Iraq is still going on. The British are helping. Mexico wants to help, but they need a ride over there.”
“A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.”
“I don't really know what I'm ever looking for, it's kind of like whatever happens to resonate at the time with me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.”

Source : Francis August Schaeffer (1982). “The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of the church”
“Wherever groups disclosed themselves, or could be introduced, simplicity crystallized out of comparative chaos.”

Source : Eric Temple Bell (1938). “The queen of the sciences”
“He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind. He does not have to struggle... with the crowded pulsations of a fecund imagination. On the contrary he is almost devoid of imagination.”
“As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.”

Source : "Robert Plant: Born In England; Made In America". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 20, 2010.

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