#then

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#although #always #break #disposition #fresh

I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them. ↗

— Neko Case

#give #hints #i #i write #like

I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it. ↗

— Mary Cassatt

#against #art #changed #could #flatten

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows. ↗

— Carlos Castenada

#follows #heart #knowledge #knows #laughs

Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#anybody #came #doing #else #ever

Then we can help these failed states turn around and give their people a better life. This, too, is a critical part of this global war on terrorism, and Canada and the United States are together. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#better #better life #canada #critical #failed

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#agent #another #another woman #editor #fact

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#draw #how #i #know #then

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#contrary #discovery #hypothesis #made #measurement