"Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding."

-- Nicholas Serota

#Art Quotes #Sight Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“A rut... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.”
“There are players that try to imitate others, but at free-kick time it is a personal thing. Every person has their own technique and routine when they stand over the ball and I have mine, I am not trying to copy anyone.”
“Fear is that passion which hath the greatest power over us, and by which God and His laws take the surest hold of us.”
“Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.”
“Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)”
“Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.”
“Most of the time, leaders should laugh at themselves rather than others.”

Source : Perry M. Smith (2002). “Rules and Tools for Leaders (Revised)”, p.26, Penguin
“Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it.”

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