"Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable."

-- Julie Burchill

#Insecure Quotes #Careers Quotes #Ageing Quotes

“The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.”
“Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do it.”
“It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win.”
“My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady's delight”
“Art is art. Everything else is everything else.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Marlborough Gallery (1970). “Ad Reinhardt: black paintings, 1951-1967”
“The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment.”

Source : Sarah Hall (2010). “The Electric Michelangelo”, p.82, Faber & Faber
“I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.”
“I think that one morning, the Papess woke in her tower, and her blankets were so warm, and the sun was so golden, she could not bear it. I think she woke, and dressed, and washed her face in cold water, and rubbed her shaven head. I think she walked among her sisters, and for the first time saw that they were so beautiful, and she loved them. I think she woke up one morning of all her mornings, and found that her heart was as white as a silkworm, and the sun was clear as glass on her brow, and she believed then that she could live, and hold peace in her hand like a pearl.”

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