Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. —Gustave Courbet More about this quote Tags: painting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. —George Jean Nathan More about this quote Tags: optimism flies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Age is not important unless you're a cheese. —Helen Hayes More about this quote Tags: age cheese Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is. —Jennifer Niven in All the Bright Places More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People aren't always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You can't just meet someone and expect them to be everything you're looking for and then be angry when they're not every hope and aspiration you projected onto them. It's foolish to believe that someone will be what you imagine them to be. And sometimes, when you give them a chance, they turn out to be better than you imagined. Different, but better. —Chloe Rattray in Sacré Noir More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. —Socrates More about this quote Tags: honor live Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. —John Ruskin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes things don't work out like we plan. Like, maybe life has other things in mind. —Autumn Doughton in On an Edge of Glass More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number. —Richard Paul Evans in The Walk More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either. —Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated — not with the same joy. —Rohinton Mistry in A Fine Balance More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. —Peter Ustinov More about this quote Tags: words writing criticism language Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars. —Arthur C. Clarke More about this quote Tags: humanity power space stars Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You begin with the possibilities of the material. —Robert Rauschenberg More about this quote Tags: creation possibility materials Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. —Joshua Reynolds More about this quote Tags: nature imitation replication Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email