"Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting."

-- Teddy Thompson

#Mean Quotes #Artist Quotes #Chance Quotes

“The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind.”
“It's important in our talks with Abbas to hear how women are represented in peace negotiations, how Palestine views the position of women and how resources are distributed.”
“Dancing is the body made poetic.”

Source : Ernst Bacon (2013). “Notes on the Piano”, p.151, Courier Corporation
“There is no shortage of evidence that when we support the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, they are able to realize their full potential to engage in, contribute to and benefit from sustainable development. In doing so, we will all reap the benefits; in our homes, throughout our communities, and across our nations.”
“Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.”
“You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain”
“If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.”
“The world is not made of countries and outsiders. We are all just humans, and most of us fools and all of us longing for more than we have, to know more than we know--and yet even that is not enough, for if we knew everything we would only be disappointed that there was not one more secret to uncover.”

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