"My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The figures I paint exist in their own esoteric realm and time, and each painting offers a glimpse into their anomalous world."

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Source : Artist Statement, www.loriearley.com.

Lori Earley

#Symbolism Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Fusion Quotes

“When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.”
“If you are forced to describe things for someone else, it sharpens your senses. And also your sense of how hard it is to make the translation from the vibrant, multi-faceted world to a sentence that distils it.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Judith Thurman on Laura Ingalls Wilder". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2009.
“I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating.”
“We are not primitive. We live differently to you, but we do not live exactly like our grandparents did, nor do you. Were your ancestors 'primitive'? I don't think so. We respect our ancestors. We love our children. This is the same for all people.”

Source : Acceptance Speech for The Right Livelihood Award, Stockholm, www.survivalinternational.org. December 2005.
“Branch Rickey made me a better man.”
“As a writer, my job is to think of evil ways to destroy the world and save it. What could be more fun?”
“To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.”
“Donald Trump is actually doing what Bernie Sanders was billed as doing. He's doing new voters into the process.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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