"There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Art Quotes #Talent Quotes #Pursuit Quotes

“My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something.”
“He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically.”
“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”
“I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind of get to become this character, and I can make that whatever I want to make that.”
“There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world.”
“Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge.”

Source : Arron Wood, Richard Wood (2007). “Inspiring the Next Young Environmental Leader: Kids Teaching Kids - Addressing Our Environmental Crisis”, p.24, Environmental Leadership
“The struggle of the spirit against the senses is the gospel of modern man. I do not wish to have any part in it.”
“Oh! she was good as she was fair. None-none on earth above her! As pure in thought as angels are, To know her was to love her.”

Source : Samuel Rogers, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Stothard (1834). “Poems”, p.142, London : Printed for T. Cadell, and E. Moxon

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