"There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist."

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Source : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

Thomas Hoving

#Art Quotes #Long Quotes #Genius Quotes

“The best magic always results from ecstasies of logic.”
“What a wonderful work Wagner has done for humanity in translating the toil of life into the readable script of music! For those who seek the tale of other worlds his magic is silent; but earth-travail under his wand becomes instinct with rhythmic song to an accompaniment of the elements, and the blare and crash of the bottomless pit itself.”
“There is no way that I could pinpoint just one person. When I first started, I was listening to Randy Rogers quite a bit, and I was also pretty big into Josh Grider back then. I remember going to a lot of Kevin Fowler shows early, and Eli Young Band was another one of the groups I listened to a lot of when I was learning to write and play guitar.”
“I wanted to be a rock star.”
“In fear we are acting on fiction and in love we are acting on truth”
“I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as living. One day we suddenly take the fact that we exist for granted - and then, yes, then we donâ€™t think about it anymore until we are about to leave the world again.”

Source : Jostein Gaarder (2003). “The Solitaire Mystery”, p.362, Macmillan
“I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.”
“My dear friend, Bonnie, is a person who rests and, consequently, earned my ire early in our relationship. Her ability to rest eventually taught me incredibly valuable lessons about the art of taking time-outs. To this day, Bonnie is astutely aware of times when her energy dips too low and resolutely honors her need to rest. To boost her energy, she's been known to sit quietly with a cup of tea, adjourn a workshop we were co-facilitating to take a five-minute breather, or slip out of her own wedding reception to be restored by a few minutes of solitude in the sun.”

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