"In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant dangers."

-- Peter Weiss

#Hero Quotes #Desire Quotes #Embrace Quotes

“My experience creatively is different than my experience in life, for, as my father would say, the simple reason that you can't get hurt when everything goes wrong creatively.”
“I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.”
“In a way, 'On the Road''s greatest victory is that nobody's eyes will be opened any longer by reading it; the last time I met any young people who were actually 'on the road' was when I covered Occupy St. Louis. Those few, dirty kids were fighting a battle even they couldn't articulate.”
“The model of competitive equilibrium which has been discussed so far is set in a timeless environment. People and companies all operate in a world in which there is no future and hence no uncertainty.”

Source : "The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.
“History reveals that left-brain people have been creating art for a long time now.”
“Everything you have in your life, you have attracted to yourself because of the way you think, because of the person that you are. You can change your life because you can change the way you think.”
“Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself.”

Source : Ralph Steiner (1978). “A point of view”, Wesleyan
“Anyone can be sentimental about the nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you donâ€™t believe in the resurrection, youâ€™re not a believer." â€œIf you donâ€™t believe in Easter,â€ Owen Meany said. â€œDonâ€™t kid yourselfâ€”Donâ€™t call yourself a Christian.”

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