#never

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#door #evil #greater #invariably #lesser

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#explain #how #just #learn #never

I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#always #appears #been #between #books

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#alone #beautiful #eyes #good #kindness

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall. ↗

— J. M. Barrie

#equal #equality #hall #his #lordship

No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much? ↗

— Patrick Ness

#hope #hopeful #planet #space #space-travel

I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#i #insist #living #never #nothing

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world. ↗

— William Allen White

#force #made #men #never #only

It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band. ↗

— Charlie Simpson

#band #busted #claim #fun #i

The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant. ↗

— Susan Davis

#art #bring #citizens #city #idea