"Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness and not excellence of workmanship is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid decay and entire destruction of arts and manufacturers."

-- Josiah Wedgwood

#Beautiful Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Art Quotes

“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.”
“Let us be brave in the face of adversity.”
“When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics.”

Source : "Faith and Politics". Book by John Danforth, p. 213, September 19, 2006.
“And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange with others. A child is not enough. A husband and children, no matter how busy one may be kept by them, are not enough. Young and old, even in the busiest years of our lives, we women especially are victims of the long loneliness.”
“May Your Swords Stay Sharp!" - Lan Pendragon”
“I think that at some point everybody turns into their mother or their father, it's just not normally from morning to afternoon.”
“Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.”

Source : Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
“China has great potentials; the people are hard-working and focused. But they have to close the gap as far as the pace of the game is concerned. Football in the future will get faster and faster.”

Source : Source: www.china.org.cn

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