"There is no beauty, if it doesn't show some of the terribleness of life."

-- Marlene Dumas

“What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.”
“I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as I go through life I realise it was my mother who gave me the most valuable instructions. I didn't understand or accept it at the time. She taught me to read and to pray - two things that have really stayed with me.”
“Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.”

Source : Yi-Fu Tuan (2000). “Escapism”, p.23, JHU Press
“You wouldn't let him do it, would you, Jamie?" Jamie's expression was very serene. She stared at Andrew when she spoke to her husband. "With your permission, I would like to answer him." "You have it," Alec replied. "Andrew," she called out in a voice as cold and clear as a frigid winter morning, "my husband does whatever he wishes to do. I am sometimes allowed to help, though. If he decides to cut off your feet, I will, of course, offer him my assistance.”
“Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.”
“Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.”
“The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least one generation older, and has no direct authority over you. Lack of context and perspective can cost you months and years--with a bad career choice, an unwise relocation, short-term negotiating posture, and, generally speaking, sophomoric thinking.”
“I don't think I spoil my kids, I'm fairly responsible.”

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