#candle

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#arts #began #candle #definition #god

Ages ago, my girlfriend had this little park near her house, with a bridge running over a stream... and I set up all these candles on the bridge. But when I called her and told her she said it was too dark and she wasn't coming out. ↗

— Harry Styles

#ago #bridge #called #candles #coming

You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwillingly giving you for a portrait - a portrait that, probably, when you or he die, will still be unfinished. And, though this is an absorbing pursuit, nevertheless, the painters are apt to end pessimists. For however handsome and merry may be the face, however rich may be the background, in the first rough sketch of each portrait, yet with every added stroke of the brush, with ever modification of the chiaroscuro, the eyes looking out at you grow more disquieting. And, finally, it is your own face that you are staring at in terror, as in a mirror by candlelight, when all the house is still. ↗

— Hope Mirrlees

#faces #friendship #portraiture #when-all-the-house-is-still #friendship

Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds. ↗

— Tim Vine

#candles #couple #know #now #out

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. ↗

— Kit Williams

#calling #candles #defied #denied #distraction

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out. ↗

— Dean Inge

#candle #ever #fear #i #lighted

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#curiosity #learning #wick

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ↗

— Buddha

#being #candle #candles #decreases #happiness

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. ↗

— Joan Collins

#cushions #dressing #dressing room #even #i

I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#candles #doing #expensive #flowers #focal