“As for the wellsprings of wonderment, they run deep. The quiet mind, the youthful heart, the perceptive eye, the racing blood – these conflow to produce wonder.”
-- E.B. White, The Points of My Compass
“Solitude. Where does its value lie? For in solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention.”
-- Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
“I love the poetic gait, by leaps and gambols.
-- Montaigne
“I paint transience.”
-- Montaigne
“Chaos, in a work of art, should shimmer through the veil of order.”
-- Novalis
“One man, I remember, used to take off his hat and set fire to his hair every now and then, but I do not remember what it proved, if it proved anything at all, except that he was a very interesting man.”
-- Dylan Thomas, “Reminiscences of Childhood,” Quite Early One Morning
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
-- Goethe
-- E.B. White, The Points of My Compass
“Solitude. Where does its value lie? For in solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention.”
-- Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
“I love the poetic gait, by leaps and gambols.
-- Montaigne
“I paint transience.”
-- Montaigne
“Chaos, in a work of art, should shimmer through the veil of order.”
-- Novalis
“One man, I remember, used to take off his hat and set fire to his hair every now and then, but I do not remember what it proved, if it proved anything at all, except that he was a very interesting man.”
-- Dylan Thomas, “Reminiscences of Childhood,” Quite Early One Morning
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
-- Goethe
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