#ten

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#any #being #day #human #human being

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

#dancers #give #modern #our #portent

I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#because #evil #frightening #i #i think

When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth. ↗

— Joseph Mitchell

#coast #drink #feel #fountain #get

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder. ↗

— Octave Mirbeau

#born #greatest #intensity #love #murder

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show. ↗

— Andy Milonakis

#bizarre #down #go #i #i do

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. ↗

— William Joyce

#nicholas-st-north #north #ombric #pretending #rise-of-the-guardians

I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#always #fantasy #four #friend #going

I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness. ↗

— Joan Miro

#character #even #feel #give #greater

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

#different #first #more #performance #poetry