"Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help."

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Source : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center

Jean-Michel Basquiat

#Fire Quotes #Attention Quotes #Helping Quotes

“The movie business has always been like the wild-catting oil business. Everyone wants a gusher.”
“There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.”
“There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.”
“Adultery is not a crime, it's an amusement.”
“One must know ones enemy as he is, not as one, for whatever motives, wishes him to be.”
“Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.”
“I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'”
“How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There, we can see Godâ€™s reply: violence is not answered with violence, death is not answered with the language of death. In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue, and peace is spoken.”

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