"There is never a question of what to paint but only how to paint."

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Source : Robert Ryman, Christel Sauer (1980). “Robert Ryman, 15. Juni-10. August 1980, InK. Halle Für Internationale Neue Kunst, Zürich”

Robert Ryman

“If by the time we're sixty we haven't learned what a knot of paradox and contradiction life is, and how exquisitely the good and the bad are mingled in every action we take, and what a compromising hostess Our Lady of Truth is, we haven't grown old to much purpose.”

Source : John Cowper Powys (1944). “The art of growing old”
“If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.”
“I love to go and mingle with the young In the gay festal room--when every heart Is beating faster than the merry tune, And their blue eyes are restless, and their lips Parted with eager joy, and their round cheeks Flush'd with the beautiful motion of the dance.”
“After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.”
“I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!”
“Occasionally, you feel like the only person able to win the match. So you take all the responsibility, you do too much, and you do something bad.”
“Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations. An audience is like a herd of cows, moving slowly in the direction they are being driven towards. If we make one point, we have a good chance that the audience will take the right direction; if we make several points, then the cows will scatter all over the field. The audience will lose interest and everyone will go back to the thoughts they interrupted in order to come to our lecture.”

Source : Gian-Carlo Rota (2008). “Indiscrete Thoughts”, p.196, Springer Science & Business Media
“Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us.”

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