"I find I can't get rid of my trashiness as an artist. A lot of my themes in painting, to the extent that there are intentional themes, are meant to bring that conundrum into high relief."

-- John Currin

#Artist Quotes #Relief Quotes #Painting Quotes

“Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever....”
“There is as much vanity in self-scourgings as in self-justification.”

Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell”, p.22, A&C Black
“My friends are my estate.”
“It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals.”
“in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.”
“By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.”
“The great Pioneer Missionaries all had 'inverted homesickness' this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In this passion all other passions died; before this vision all other visions faded; this call drowned all other voices. They were the pioneers of the Kingdom, the forelopers of God, eager to cross the border-marches and discover new lands or win new-empires”
“I want enough time to be in love with everythingÂ .Â .Â .”

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