"There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm."

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Source : Phoebe Cary (1868). “Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love”, p.90

Phoebe Cary

#Eye Quotes #Black Quotes #Half Quotes

“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do”

Source : John Ruskin (2016). “The Crown of Wild Olive”, p.732, John Ruskin
“Life is a series of triumphs and disappointments. Once you harness the disappointments, your triumphs will be greater.”
“'Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.”
“The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.”
“I devote my life to the rebirth of the Jewish State, with a Jewish majority, on both sides of the Jordan.”
“Only art is capable of dismantling the repressive effects of a senile social system that continues to totter along the deathline: to dismantle in order to build A SOCIAL ORGANISM AS A WORK OF ART.”

Source : Caroline Tisdall, Joseph Beuys (1979). “Joseph Beuys”
“Got something new , maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok .”
“With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.”

Source : Calvin Miller (2009). “The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict”, p.84, InterVarsity Press

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