"Only by chancing the ridiculous, can I hope for the sublime."

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Source : Jane Green, Leah Levy, Jay DeFeo (2003). “Jay DeFeo and The Rose”, p.42, Univ of California Press

Jay DeFeo

#Sublime Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child's learning takes place and his character is formed.”

Source : Urie BRONFENBRENNER (1979). “The Ecology of Human Development”, p.242, Harvard University Press
“I'm not a doctor, nor am I a member of the military. What I am is an appreciative, concerned American citizen, who was horrified when I heard about the horrendous rates of suicide (22 per day) and PTSD/TBI within our military. As such, I felt compelled to reach out to anyone who cared to listen, to try to help with this terrible situation. This is not just life and death - it is life and death for those who defend our freedom.”
“Some of my funniest thoughts come to me while I'm taking a shower.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.”
“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.”
“Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm.”
“I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.”
“See you told me I would lose but I won. I might cop a million Jimmy Choos just for fun.”

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