"A drawing of the nude is a most revealing expression because it is at once the most private and the most personal. Often such drawings are made with no thought of public exhibition. They possess the intimacy of diaries."

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Source : Mervyn Levy (1965). “The Artist & the Nude: An Anthology of Drawings”, London : Barrie & Rockliff

Mervyn Levy

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“Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just being alive.”

Source : "The Exchange: Karen Russell on 'Swamplandia!'". Interview with Rachel Hurn, www.newyorker.com. February 15, 2011.
“If it is gay, ribald and lascivious night-life you are after, Israel is not the place for you. The night clubs you do find are nearer in spirit to a YMCA than to dens of iniquity.”
“I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.”
“Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.”

Source : William Baziotes, Michael Preble (1988). “William Baziotes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1952-1961 : 7 March-31 March, 1984”
“I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.”
“A bad ride is much better than a good walk.”
“A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.”
“Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.”

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