#ray

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#body #certain #knees #moments #prayers

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

#built #certainty #distrust #doubt #enters

Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer? ↗

— Dorothy Day

#god #love #prayer #witness #words

I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my movies, secret agents are more realistic, I didn't want to portray them in the most glowing colours. ↗

— King Hu

#agents #being #bond #colours #glowing

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

#character #films #greeks #interest #more

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat! ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#pray #sweat #work

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world. ↗

— Grace Paley

#gray #than #viewing #windowpane #world

I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always had crayons and pencils and still have work going right back to when I was five or six years old. ↗

— Robert Indiana

#art #back #children #crayons #exposure

I was trying to be a better man, Perry. For you.” I shifted in my seat. “Dex…” “And I’ll keep trying,” he quickly said, voice low and somber. “Until I get it right. ↗

— Karina Halle

#experience

It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it. ↗

— Maria Jeritza

#artist #caught #character #conviction #creative