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“Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul.”

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It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence.

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The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is…

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What a splendid time Woo must have had.

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The spirit must be felt so intensely that it has power to call others in passing, for it must pass, not stop in the…

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Inspiration is intention obeyed.

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Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold.

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Oh, I wonder if I will ever feel the burst of birth-joy, that knowing that the indescribable, joyous thing that has wooed and wond…

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Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it…

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How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got…

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The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of…

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Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each seed according…

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Oh, the glory of growth, silent, mighty, persistent, inevitable! To awaken, to open up like a flower to the light of a fuller consciousness!

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Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No problemo.

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If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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You've got to be careful against classy fighters, especially counter-punchers because if you go for the finish too early, you can end up getting…

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[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.…

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We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only…

Martin Luther King, Jr

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I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

Jamie Lee Curtis

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Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can…

L. Lionel Kendrick

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Well sometimes, culture can stifle talent, so you have to be careful.

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And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then…

Franklin Raines

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Be careful who you might trust the Devil was once an angel too.

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One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

Cassandra Clare

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He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…

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