#ore

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#fruition #happy #hours #more #pass

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

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize. ↗

— Danny Strong

#i #i think #just #know #lot

Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#disgusting #effort #make #more #our

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#difference #great #great ideas #had #huge

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#between #cold #depending #each #hours

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#clearly #distance #helps #i #made

The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the stone was far more interesting than the drawing that I had done on it. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#drawing #experimentation #far #first #had

The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#break #breaking #flesh #happens #like

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#any #created #criminals #government #income