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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ↗

— Aristotle

#aim #appearance #inward #outward #outward appearance

A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#around #cannot #comfort #countryside #crops

I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#course #depicting #get #ground #i

It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#almost #broad #broad range #daily #days

I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#bush #even #failed #financial #first

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#depend #dislikes #egotism #identity #likes

Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. ↗

— Morley Safer

#control #cover #financial #happened #influence

The bigger the 'why' the easier the 'how'. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#inspirational #success #inspirational

Love holds no expectation on what you will be, it simply values who you are. ↗

— E'yen A. Gardner

#identity #inspirational #love #love-yourself #now

Inspiration is born when our passion becomes greater than our fear. ↗

— Terri Frey Maxwell

#growth #inspirational #inspirational