“The process of photographing is a pleasure: eyes open, receptive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.” – Henry Wessel, 1942-2018, photographer
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Art of Quotation
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer, poet
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“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by…” — Art of Quotation
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American, writer, poet
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“You can’t learn less” — Art of Quotation
“You can’t learn less” – R. Buckminster Fuller, architect, writer, inventor
“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” — Art of Quotation
“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” – Floyd Dell, novelist, editor, playwright, poet
via “Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” — Art of Quotation
In Memory: “If you are a writer, you have to be someone who can be on your own. You can sit in a room for eight hours, and…” — Art of Quotation
“If you are a writer, you have to be someone who can be on your own. You can sit in a room for eight hours, and at the end of it you will have done something.”
– Stephen Jeffreys, 1950-2018, British, playwright
Naked Cities Note [MN]: The Guardian’s Obituary for Stephen Jeffreys can be found at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/18/stephen-jeffreys-obituary
“The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.” — Art of Quotation
“The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.”
– Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss, historian
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“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not…” — Art of Quotation
“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them?” – Pablo Picasso, Spanish, painter, sculptor, printmaker, draftsman
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“I see drawing as thinking, as evidence of thinking, evidence of …” — Art of Quotation
“I see drawing as thinking, as evidence of thinking, evidence of going from one place to another. One draws to define one thing from another. Draws proportions, adjusts scale. It is impossible to paint without drawing.” Vija Celmins, painter, draftsman, Latvian, American
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“Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore give yourself fully to your endeavors.” — Art of Quotation
“Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore give yourself fully to your endeavors.”
Epictetus, Philosopher
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