“A painter is someone who can't use words. His only escape is to be a seer.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“The only people who object to escapism are jailers.”
As quoted by Arthur C. Clarke in God, The Universe and Everything Else (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQQAv5svkk&feature=youtu.be&t=27m2s
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