"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind"

-- Bridget Riley

#Focus Quotes #Attention Quotes #Veils Quotes

“In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.”
“The love of power excludes all others.”

Source : "I protagonisti" by Indro Montanelli, Rizzoli, (p. 265), 1976.
“I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.”
“It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected.”
“But phony, Hemingway was not, and poseur he was not. He did not shoot lions and leopards because he was searching for the answer to life. He shot lions and leopards because he bloody well liked to hunt and shoot, and killing was the best punctuation mark at the end of the intricate and fascinating process of hunting.”
“The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing gap between the two, and of the rich fouling their own nests.”

Source : Gilbert F. White (1986). “Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White”, p.289, University of Chicago Press
“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore...”
“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Source : The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776

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