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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised ↗

— James Thurber

#creativity #mankind #art

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#madeleine-l-engle #walking-on-water #art

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#book #composition #habits #i #learning

Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,” he once wrote. “Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say. ↗

— Michael Lewis

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There is a difference between dining and eating. Dining is an art. When you eat to get most out of your meal, to please the palate, just as well as to satiate the appetite, that,my friend, is dining. ↗

— Yuan Mei

#dining #eating #art

Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what I was doing. This freedom lifted me to the heavens - where greater love, one that forgives everything and never allows you to feel abandoned, once again enveloped me. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#forgiveness #god #heaven #hope #speaking

So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

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...a society without jaywalkers might indicate a society without artists. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#asia #jaywalking #art

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war. ↗

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

#father #killing #king #murder #art

Principle 1: By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in everything you do, learn to set limitations.   Principle 2: By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy. ↗

— Leo Babauta

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