#ible

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

#forms #ideal #negation #painting #realism

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#death #dies #feel #feeling #genuine

We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#be patient #because #being #cause #change

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

#christ #i #may #mistaken #possible

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#beings #civilization #exist #express #freely

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they? ↗

— Alan Cumming

#always #arkansas #boy #cannot #earth

The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV. ↗

— Kaley Cuoco

#call #final #forward #gets #going

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence. ↗

— Evan Dando

#behaviour #constant #feminine #get #gross

Life is funny and it is interesting how we make it as serious as possible. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

#how #interesting #life #make #possible

I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#choices #finish #i #i do #like