"[On living in New York City:] I'm oblivious to everything. I just don't notice anything. I sat in a coffee shop, drank half a cup of coffee before I noticed there was lipstick on the cup. There was wadded-up gum and lipstick on the napkin. I must have been sitting on that woman's lap for an hour."

-- Laura Kightlinger

#New York Quotes #Coffee Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Without love, without humor, yoga is just a lot of hard work.”
“Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.”

Source : John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.88, University of Illinois Press
“There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.”
“I learnt that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not,”
“I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.”
“Do you spend a couple of hours every day in your studio?”
“People are what are scary...people.”
“At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism.”

Source : John Berger (2011). “A Painter of Our Time”, p.168, Vintage

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