"Whereas formerly, before the advent of machinery, the commonest article you could pick up had a life and warmth which gave it individual interest, now everything is turned out to such a perfection of deadness that one is driven to pick up and collect, in sheer desperation, the commonest rubbish still surviving from the earlier periods."

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Source : Harold Speed (2012). “The Practice and Science of Drawing”, p.72, Courier Corporation

Harold Speed

#Perfection Quotes #Rubbish Quotes #Advent Quotes

“Most of my wardrobe is vintage, and I've worn dresses to the Oscars that I got for $10,”
“Evidence of innocence is irrelevant!”
“We need real farmers who grow real food, and the will to reform a broken food system. And for that, we need not only to celebrate farmers, but also to advocate for them.”

Source : Mark Bittman (2015). “A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more”, p.48, Clarkson Potter
“Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms”
“Home is where the heart is or where you bury the ones you want to eat later.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2012). “Doubletake: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.173, Penguin
“I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.”
“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Oct 18, 2016
“You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.”

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