#om

Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they are treated as independent disciplines, it seems valid. Actually, the are derivatives of a single origin and in the skillful employment of words and images lies the expressive potential of the medium. ↗

— Will Eisner

#art

Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love. ↗

— Janet Goodfriend

#best #book-club #cape-cod #character #community

​Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#courage #men #sexism #women #courage

(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#home #libraries #organization #art

Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked. We certainly do.' I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are going to use paper plates and napkins.' Poor Joe!' Lucky Larry! ↗

— Maud Hart Lovelace

#art

Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. ↗

— Al Capp

#humor #art

Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not. ↗

— Dan Millman

#faith #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #leanring #life

If a thousand painters worked for a thousand years, they could not create a work of art as beautiful as you ↗

— Shannon Dermott

#paranormal-romance #art

People regard art too highly, and history not enough ↗

— John Irving

#common-sense #history #art

I think comedy as an art involves the audience as a participant as much as is involves the artist. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#audience #comedy #art