"From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves."

-- Henri Matisse

#Hands Quotes #Color Quotes #Moments Quotes

“[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him.”

Source : Iris Origo (1984). “A Need to Testify”, p.37, Helen Marx Books
“What we think about, expands.”
“I was fighting a small fight of my own which wasn't leading anywhere-but like a man with a bent spoon trying to dig through a cement wall I knew that a small fight was better than quitting: it kept the heart alive.”
“I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.”

Source : "I still haven't written the best I can" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
“In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away.”
“In winter, some voices are like coats.”
“Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.”
“Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand? Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light. There you goÂ .Â .Â . That was easy!”

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