#ros

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #creative #difficult #ever #first

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#becomes #book #come #eyes #i

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#only #passes #poet #prose #step

Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes. ↗

— Theresa May

#across #action #countries #crimes #help

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. ↗

— Theresa May

#civil #civil liberties #committed #duty #erosion

Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next financial year. From there, we will extend the interviewing programme further across all routes to Britain, wherever the evidence takes us. ↗

— Theresa May

#britain #considerably #countries #evidence #extend

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#allowance #always #around #broom #chores

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. ↗

— John McCain

#authors #bill #crosses #desk #famous

You don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#glance #just #line #need #pickup