“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.” – Henri Matisse
Favorite Quotes: Shane MacGowan
12/05/2011 By Leave a Comment
“The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks. They spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics who concentrate on their careers and ambitions, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.” -Shane [...]
Favorite Quotes: Oscar Wilde
11/15/2011 By Leave a Comment
“Beauty is a form of genius–is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.” – Oscar Wilde
Favorite Quotes: Pablo Picasso
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“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” -Pablo Picasso
Favorite Quotes: Harry Kemp
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“The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.” – Poet, Harry Kemp
Favorite Quotes: Romare Bearden
10/25/2011 By Leave a Comment
“We look too much to museums. The sun coming up in the morning is enough.” – Painter Romare Bearden
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