#illu

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#been #could #everything #forever #go

Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#death #fame #future #illusion #into

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

#challenge #disillusioned #illusions #live #modernity

It's like a candy store for an illustrator, I connected with Harry pretty quickly and loved the way J.K. described everything; she's such a visually thinking person. You can't pass that up. ↗

— Mary Grandpre

#candy store #connected #described #everything #harry

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. ↗

— Horace Greeley

#better #illusion #pervaded #probably #than

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. ↗

— Philip Guston

#magic #painting #piece #see #you

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#books #children #could #easier #i

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. ↗

— Manly Hall

#chaos #disillusionment #ends #leads #naturally

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#created #i #illusion #literacy #reading

No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#before #blaze #crest #every #flowers