"Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times."

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Source : "The 'Savages' of Germany". Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) Almanak, Munich, 1912.

Franz Marc

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“Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the rebel, the breaker of idols.”

Source : Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”
“One of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.”
“The great Western disease is, â€˜I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,â€™ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.”
“Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.”
“Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.”
“To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to receive, welcome, to accept.”
“My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.”
“Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.”

Source : "Rancho Libido and Other Hot Spots" by Shelia Ballantyne, www.nytimes.com. April 28, 1985.

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