"Art should be serious, not a joke. I dont like to laugh about art."

-- Gerhard Richter

#Art Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.”
“When it was seen that many of the wicked seemed quite untroubled by evil conscience ... then the idea of future suffering was advanced.”
“The true work of a critic is not to make his hearer believe him, but agree with him.”
“In an ideal world, I'd love to work on something that is on par with 'Lost' or better than 'Lost.”
“What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?”
“That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.”

Source : Hall Caine (2016). “The Scapegoat”, p.6, The Floating Press
“It is also important to understand that a hidden nature is not always an evil nature”

Source : Alison Goodman (2010). “Eon”, p.129, Penguin
“When you see your body wasted away through sickness, do not murmur against God, but say: 'The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord' (Job 1:21). You are accustomed to look upon your body as upon your own inalienable property, but that is quite wrong, because your body is God's edifice.”

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