“Picasso said that art is a lie, but a lie that tells the truth" ... Calder wondered what Picasso had meant. Was it that art wasn't exactly the real world, but it said something real?” — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“What was a little dark, anyway? Just no sun, [Petra] reminded herself as her sneakers pounded toward the opening. Just dark, all three fine,… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“Grams calls them "worry crumbs" those leftover bits of an uncomfortable idea. She fixes worry crumbs with sayings and she has one to fit… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“I don't know how anyone else sees the world and no one else sees the world exactly how I see the world! We each… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
Passing time isn't a steady thing. People try to measure it, but some days seem to have years packed into them, and others pass… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“not really a quote but here is is The setting is the start.The story hangs from that hook,and the characters move slowly around one… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“my grandpa and grandma aren't like me. They're more like sheets drying outside on a breezy day--they change directions without any fuss. But me,… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
I love the way a list makes a big hodgepodge of things simmer down and behave. — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
What was a foreigner, anyway? Is the place you're born the only place you really belong? At what point do you stop being from… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
![“What was a little dark, anyway? Just no sun, [Petra] reminded herself as her sneakers pounded toward the opening. Just dark, all three fine, she whispered to herself again and again, spinning the words outward into a mobile in her mind. They floated into dark-three, all-just-fine and then into…” quote by Blue Balliett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9f6/blue-balliett-31362_dark_what-was-a-little-dark-anyway-just-no-su_452553.jpg)
