#rounding

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#autobiographical #myself #purely #surroundings #work

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#calm #discover #inner #man #only

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#i #just #personality #physical #really

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. ↗

— Maya Lin

#art #different #different way #give #i

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#amid #country #deterrence #difficult #geographically

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#appreciation #best #better #especially #ever

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#around #basically #being #enjoy #feel

On the weekends, I would go down and play these clubs in Key West or West Palm Beach or surrounding areas of Florida and then I'd go back to school for the week. ↗

— Carrot Top

#back #back to school #beach #clubs #down

Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#any #arrives #during #immediate #me

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#extraordinary #go #interested #keen #most