"I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as a freedom. It is a loss from which we suffer, and this pathos motivates modern painting and poetry at its heart."

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Source : Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge (2011). “Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations”, p.18, Univ of California Press

Philip Guston

#Heart Quotes #Loss Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“There is a glare about worldly success which is very apt to dazzle men's eyes.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1836). “Sermons to a country congregation”, p.451
“Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.”
“With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.”
“This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.”
“All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way”
“In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I thought of myself as just painfully awkward and dorky. I had a lot of hair and was kind of weird. I sang a lot in the hallways.”
“To believe in faeries is to step into an enchanted space where the rational mind meets the irrational heart, and all things become possible.”
“I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.”

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