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We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of… — George Wald
When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now -… — Ray Charles
I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute. — Paul Klee
Spatial art does not begin with a poetic mood or idea, but with construction of one or more figures, with the harmonizing of several colors… — Paul Klee
The most perfect steersman that you can have, and the best helm, lies in the triumphal gateway of copying from nature. And this outdoes all… — Cennino Cennini
It is necessary for the birthing process to begin to move in its own organic time. It is necessary that the artist have this sense… — Rollo May
All of us have schnozzles... if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending… — Jimmy Durante
I draw to shock myself out of a too-easy rhythm - I may begin with no conception whatever, an image emerges . I rub it… — Sean William Scott
A child... never takes time off as a child; time off does not begin until the principles of order have been accepted. — Heinrich BÃ¶ll
Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer retreat to… — Christopher Lasch
The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work. — Robin G. Collingwood
When you really think about your hand you begin to realize its connection, to sense the hum of your own being passing through it. When… — Emily Carr
If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest… — John Singer Sargent
In preparing a study or a picture, it seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values... and to continue… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin. — Nikola Tesla
Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have… — Clement Greenberg
I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from… — Katherine Dunn
It's not the failure that holds us back but the reluctance to begin over again that causes us to stagnate. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
There are so many things in the world - in the cities - so much to see. Does art need to represent this variety and… — Philip Guston
You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as… — Anne Hutchinson
Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in quiet,… — Thomas Raymond Kelly
Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product… — Daniel H. Pink
If other cows with mad cow disease were slaughtered, we wouldn't know where to begin looking for people who might have been affected, .. With… — Charles Schumer
Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001. — Cliff Stearns
Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can you discover when… — Patrick Ness

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