"The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach making a painting before. I think that it gets to a richer illumination of the moment, which is what I was trying to do at the beginning but going about it a little backwards."

-- Julie Mehretu

#Thinking Quotes #Illumination Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.”
“Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.”

Source : Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”
“The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock; she always raises mixed crops; great pains are taken to preserve the soil and to prevent erosion; the mixed vegetable and animal wastes are converted into humus; there is no waste; the processes of growth and the processes of decay balance one another; ample provision is made to maintain large reserves of fertility; the greatest care is taken to store the rainfall; both plants and animals are left to protect themselves against disease.”

Source : SIR ALBERT HOWARD, C.l.E., M.A. (0101). “An Agricultural”, p.12, Prabhat Prakashan
“By making choices consistent with eternal truth you will develop righteous character.”
“In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.”
“Trying is the first step to failure”
“It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.”
“I am not happy to play for Barcelona, but Barcelona should be happy that I play there.”

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