#sire

I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere. ↗

— Philip Guston

#anywhere #come #desire #directly #even

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? ↗

— Philip Guston

#desire #even #experience #i #know

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#federal #federal government #government #just #limited

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#countries #desire #east #other #other countries

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

#desire #end #ensure #means #object

Knowing the path to follow doesn't make it a breeze to step along. If every desire were only a skip, hop, and a jump away, we'd all have arrived. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#destination #goals #life #richelle #richelle-goodrich

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#desire #driven #incorruptible #justice #passionate

For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#being #build #community #completely #complex

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently. ↗

— Doug Hoffman

#had #i #never #politician #recently

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually. ↗

— Eric Holder

#consistent #consistently #desire #despite #enforcement