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“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain”
Jennifer Aniston (1969) television and film actress from the United States
Oprah Magazine (2004)
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.”
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) prominent American realist painter and printmaker
“Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“We are the change we have been waiting for.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
William Golding book Lord of the Flies
Variant: What I mean is... maybe it's only us...
Source: Lord of the Flies
“You will hear it for yourself, and it will surely fill you with wonder.”
Marco Polo (1254–1324) Venetian explorer and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia
Source: The Travels
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Letter to his son Eduard (5 February 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p. 367
1930s
“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Quoted in: Peter Erskine, Rick Mattingly (1998), Drum Perspective, p. 73.
Alternative forms:
"At eight, I was Raphael", he used to say. "It took me a whole lifetime to paint like a child"
From Picasso, my grandfather, Marina Picasso (2001).
Attributed from posthumous publications
“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”
Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
Quote in Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors (2007) by William Thompson and Kim Sorvig, p. 30
after 1930
Bertrand Russell book A History of Western Philosophy
Source: 1940s, A History of Western Philosophy (1945)
Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Other sources
Source: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
Context: Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars, and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of those few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make somebody smile while they're having a piss.
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
As quoted in Sunday Herald Sun [Melbourne, Australia] (13 January 2003)]
Variant: Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
“Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.”
H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer