"If the imagination is shackled, and nothing is described but what we see, seldom will anything truly great be produced either in Painting or Poetry"

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Source : Thomas Cole, Louis Legrand Noble (1853). “The Course of Empire: Voyage of Life, and Other Pictures of Thomas Cole, N.A., with Selections from His Letters and Miscellaneous Writings: Illustrative of His Life, Character, and Genius”, p.93

Thomas Cole

#Imagination Quotes #Painting Quotes

“When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.”

Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
“It's not John who wants to cut his mother into tiny pieces, it's Mr. Monster. See? I feel better already.”
“We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong.”
“I know we just met today, but I gotta see you tomorrow. I know this is our first date, I don't expect you to swallow.”
“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.”
“As soon as you think you've got the key to the stock market, they change the lock.”
“Somebody stole my identity. Good luck using it without the medications.”
“When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Your mortality doesn't even occur to you. But as time goes by, you realize, 'I better cut this out or that out if I want to continue to exist.”

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