"I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by."

-- Russell Simmons

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“Donâ€™t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be ready. Make sure your craft is refined and youâ€™re constantly working on it. Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.”
“Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.”

Source : Erwin W. Lutzer (2007). “When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness”, p.75, Moody Publishers
“When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.”

Source : Jackson Pollock, Gagosian Gallery (1990). “Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990”
“Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time.”
“Sincerity does not equal competence.”
“Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.”

Source : 2001 If I Don't Know,'The Sorrow of Socks'.
“The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing.”
“Cosmetic surgery and the ideology of self-improvement may have made women's hope for legal recourse to justice obsolete.”

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