"Painting is my profession, because it has always been the thing that interested me most. I'm of a certain age, I come from a different tradition and, in any case, I can't do anything else. I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human."

-- Gerhard Richter

#Dancing Quotes #Singing Quotes #Age Quotes

“Art must take reality by surprise.”

Source : 1958 Writers at Work.
“Some people work hard to be something that they're not, and I don't work at all, I'm just me. And that can bother anybody I'm not working nearly as hard as the other guys, and they don't like it.”
“Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.”
“Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.”
“I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2014). “UnSouled”, p.91, Simon and Schuster
“I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again!”
“Life is what comes along after you have planned something else.”
“The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.”

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