"It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; itâ€™s where their work comes from, although its arrival signals the beginning of the long disciplined process of making it their own. Scientists too, as J. Robert Oppenheimer once remarked, â€˜live always at the â€˜edge of mysteryâ€™Ââ€”the boundary of the unknown.â€™ But they transform the unknown into the known, haul it in like fishermen; artists get you out into that dark sea."

Source : Rebecca Solnit (2006). “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”, p.8, Penguin

Rebecca Solnit

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“If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.”
“The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state.”
“Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.”
“The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as much as possible, yet never losing sight of the fact that he carried the mail. The hills were many, and the reins lay loosely in his hands as he lolled back in his seat and extended one foot and leg luxuriously over the dashboard. His brimmed hat of worn felt was well pulled over his eyes, and revolved a quid of tobacco in his left cheek.”

Source : Kate Douglas Wiggin (2016). “CHILDREN’S BOOKS – Premium Illustrated Collection: 11 Novels & 120+ Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Fables & Poems for Children (Including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Series & The Arabian Nights): New Chronicles of Rebecca, A Summer in a Cañon, Polly Oliver's Problem, The Birds' Christmas Carol, The Romance of a Christmas Card, Timothy's Quest, The Fairy Ring, Golden Numbers and many more”, p.14, e-artnow
“I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.”
“Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then.”
“Some books leave us free and some books make us free.”
“Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely, nothing else to do but close my mind. I sure hope the road don't come to own me, there's so many dreams I've yet to find. But you're so far away.”

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