#ear

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#common law #knows #lady #law #learn

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#because #changes #destroying #etc #fear

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#deeper #discover #i #i think #meanings

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#around #ease #feel #floor #four

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#acquainted #after #aware #been #changes

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good. ↗

— John Pomfret

#because #being #believe #best #could

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively. ↗

— John Pomfret

#effectively #had #i #journalism #just

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#ancestors #been #both #business #come

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#anyone #before #even #going #history

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#experience #going #know #learning #lecture