"The dimensions of a work of art are seldom realized by the author until the work is accomplished. It is like a flowering dream. Ideas grow, budding silently, and there are a thousand illuminations coming day by day as the work progresses. A seed grows in writing as in nature. The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them."

-- Carson McCullers

#Dream Quotes #Art Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.”

Source : "Goldberg: The media is slobbering over Hillary Clinton". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. January 25, 2013.
“There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.203, Macmillan
“He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly.”
“And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about.”

Source : "The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, February 1, 2006.
“I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.”

Source : "Coolidge Makes the Album of Her Dreams". JazzReview Interview, www.jazzreview.com. August 1, 2005.
“It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it must be done, because what could be perpetrated yesterday could be attempted again tomorrow, could overwhelm us and our children. One is tempted to turn away with a grimace and close one's mind: this is a temptation one must resist. In fact, the existence of the death squads had a meaning, a message: 'We, the master race, are your destroyers, but you are no better than we are; if we so wish, and we do so wish, we can destroy not only your bodies, but also your souls, just as we have destroyed ours.”
“Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.”
“Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.”

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