#pain

I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away. ↗

— Mac Davis

#back #been #colonel #elvis #first

A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.' ↗

— Bill Dickey

#catch #catcher #day #did #every

I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards those that had hurt me, I was giving the reins of control over to them. Forgiving was not about accepting their words and deeds. Forgiving was about letting go and moving on with my life. In doing so, I had finally set myself free. ↗

— Isabel Lopez

#forgiving #letting-go #pain #resentment #setting-yourself-free

...A painting was a translation of the language of my heart. ↗

— Amy Tan

#painting #art

I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise. ↗

— Leslie Easterbrook

#day #did #film #horrifying #i

It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins. ↗

— Buenaventura Durruti

#america #better #build #built #cities

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#i #i think #include #intended #more

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold. ↗

— John Dyer

#become #deal #decided #exhibited #first

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ↗

— Max Eastman

#instinct #pain #taking

I've been trying to pick up painting but it's hard. ↗

— George Eads

#hard #i #painting #pick #trying