#pain

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#drawing #i #i think #inborn #just

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? ↗

— James Thomson

#boast #creation #gay #hers #hues

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#being #being alone #created #express #glory

I also paint and enjoy acrylic medium; some of my close friends have paintings I did for them. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#close #close friends #did #enjoy #friends

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#another #could #first #how #indeed

The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. ↗

— Robert Trout

#allocation #any #argued #avoiding #best

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#better #breathing #feel #felt #go

I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around. ↗

— Don Van Vliet

#around #could #else #getting #i

Finally I had a place where I could express my pain and I felt safe because I didn't have to put my name on it. I think acting kept me alive back then. ↗

— Lindsay Wagner

#alive #back #because #could #express

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#american #emphasis #individuality #like #painting