February 2012
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no...
– Thomas Aquinas
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Fool,” said my Muse to me, “Look in thy heart and write.
– Sir Philip Syndey
from Astrophel & Stella
I would perhaps exchange “write” for “paint.”
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I am not arguing with you — I am telling you.
– James Abbott McNeill Whistler
from The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
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January 2012
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Sometimes you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and...
– The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
– John Edward Phelps
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As for disappointing them, I should not so much mind; but I can’t abide to...
– She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith
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…then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and...
– Job 11:15-19
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I go into solitude so as not to drink out of everybody’s cistern. When I am...
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via rachelshead)
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You can’t find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
– C.S. Lewis
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Forgetfulness
by Billy Collins
The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones. Long ago...
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Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in...
– Frank Stella (via kzpainting)
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I’m like a slipping glimpser, I catch something moving in the corner of my...
– Willem de Kooning