"The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal."

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Source : "Sculptures that engage your heart - and expand your mind". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. July 3, 2011.

Janet Echelman

#Art Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Hardest Quotes

“Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?”
“The evolution of the New Era rests on the cornerstone of Knowledge and Beauty.”

Source : Nicholas Roerich (1990). “Heart of Asia: Memoirs from the Himalayas”, p.1, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
“Established species are evolving so slowly that major transitions between genera and higher taxa must be occurring within small rapidly evolving populations that leave NO LEGIBLE FOSSIL RECORD.”
“You are Gods chief creation, and you are here for His pleasure and His glory.”
“And what is the joy of Christ? The joy and delight which springs forever in His great heart, from feeling that He is forever doing good; from loving all, and living for all; from knowing that if not all, yet millions on millions are grateful to Him, and will be forever.”
“What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare their charges for work only and not for life. As such, literature is construed as at best technically useless and random, at worst socially disruptive.”
“One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.”
“You got to wrestle with your conscience. You got to listen to people. It doesn't come so easy to me that this is right and that's wrong. It's never that simple.”

Source : The PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. May 5, 2008.

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