#art

I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#had #i #plays #poems #started

I never start anything with a really overt, political, or even exactly artistic mission statement. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#artistic #even #exactly #i #mission

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#enjoy #i #me #parts #playing

There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!' ↗

— Lena Dunham

#article #coming #funny #new #new thing

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#filmmakers #first #i #know #lot

I wear my heart on my sleeve. ↗

— Jourdan Dunn

#i #sleeve #wear

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#female #forces #found #full #groups

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#cause #earth #enterprise #grand #grand thing

The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respect. A farmer likes dirt. Suburbanites like to get rid of it. Dirt is the working layer of earth, and dealing with dirt is as much a part of farm life as dealing with manure. Neither is user-friendly but both are necessary. ↗

— E.L. Konigsburg

#earth #life

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. ↗

— Will Durant

#begins #ends #every #philosophy #science