"A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself."

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Laura Gilpin

#Moving Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Water Quotes

“Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.”

Source : Daniel J. Siegel (2007). “The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being”, p.186, W. W. Norton & Company
“Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?”
“I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently.”
“Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.”
“If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me.”
“I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.”
“Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit.”
“I have a fairly unwieldy set of concerns that go into determining what I do in the paintings, such as the history of the decorative, patterns of cultural migration, Islamic art and design, Byzantine architecture, the annals of natural history, as well as contemporary painting. All of these things are filtered through my own sense of cultural urgency. How I proceed with the work has to do with how I respond to this instinctively chosen mass of materials. I'm weighing many things and making many decisions before I even get started on a painting.”

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