Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? —Alfred de Vigny More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. —William Blake More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. —Agnes Martin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places. —Henny Youngman More about this quote Tags: humor place medicine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? —Ernest Hemingway More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In politics stupidity is not a handicap. —Napoleon Bonaparte More about this quote Tags: politics stupidity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He doesn't love me. He might still love me as I was at fifteen, when I didn't know any better. When I trusted everyone. I'm not that person anymore. —Sarah Dessen in That Summer More about this quote Tags: love relationships time change trust Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You have to choose the life you want. You have to take action and realize that you create your own destiny by making choices and sticking to them. —Robin Bielman in Wild About Her Wingman More about this quote Tags: action power choices control destiny Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away. —Nicholas Sparks in Dear John More about this quote Tags: love romance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you. —John Green in An Abundance of Katherines More about this quote Tags: people perception belief boring Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I started making plans, thinking we would get that far. —Daniel Handler in Why We Broke Up More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying to be perfect gets in the way of all three. —Scott Berkun More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is only one thing I fear now—love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us. —Jennifer Donnelly in Revolution More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why must everything be repeat and repeat, never finish, never resting? You work so hard one day, but the next day you must only work again. You eat, but the next day, you are already hungry. You find love, then love goes away. You are born with nothing, you work hard, then you die with nothing. You are young, then you are old. No matter how hard you work, you cannot stop getting old. —Elizabeth Gilbert in Love More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect. —Jodi Picoult in Lone Wolf More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email