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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner quote: "A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective..."

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

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Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods. It's the deepest, wildest part of the forest; the grove where the fairies still dance and obscene old vipers snooze in the boughs. Everybody but the most dried up and dysfunctional is drawn to the grove and enchanted by its mysteries, but then they just can't wait to call in the chain saws and bulldozers and replace it with a family-style restaurant or a new S and L. That's the payoff, I guess. Safety. Security. Certainty. ... Tom Robbins
Boris Karloff quote: "The monster was the best friend I ever had."
The monster was the best friend I ever had. Boris Karloff
I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks. Sue Grafton
Bill Weld quote: "I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything..."
I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me. Bill Weld
I wasn't one of those girls who always dreamed of being an actress. I went to a normal school and then these film auditioners turned up when I was nine. Then I just fell into this whirlwind. Emma Watson
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a..."
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. Vladimir Nabokov
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. Albert Schweitzer
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads. A. J. Jacobs
I'm a Midwesterner, and everyone in Ohio is excited. I'm also a New Yorker, and a New Jerseyan, and an American, plus I'm an African-American, and a woman. I know it seems like I'm spreading like algae when I put it this way, but I'd like to think of the prize being distributed to these regions and nations and races. Toni Morrison
Seven Ages: first puking and mewling. Then very pissed-off with your schooling. Then fucks, and then fights. Next judging chaps' rights. Then sitting in slippers: then drooling. Robert Conquest
The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature. Elihu Root
George Bernard Shaw quote: "There is always danger for those who are afraid."
There is always danger for those who are afraid. George Bernard Shaw
For every failure, there's an alternativecourse of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. Mary Kay Ash
If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in his presence. Oswald Chambers
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "I love him who seeks to create over and beyond himself and..."
I love him who seeks to create over and beyond himself and thus perishes. Friedrich Nietzsche