Jean Dubuffet Quotes
I had given up ( around 1950, fh) any ambition of making a career as an artist…..I had lost all interest in the art shown in galleries and museums, and I no longer aspired to fit in that world. I loved the paintings done by children, and my only desire was to do the same for my own pleasure.
Jean Dubuffet
Quotes to Explore
Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart.
Said Nursi
I insist, that if there is any thing which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity, of their own liberties, and institutions.
Abraham Lincoln
Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
Barack Obama
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
Oscar Wilde
It would have been better if you had died and Gershwin had written the elegy.
Oscar Levant
I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it's stubborness that keeps me going.
Lydia Lunch
When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax.
Jacques Pepin
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Rita Mae Brown
Unfortunately, some of our poor choices are irreversible, but many are not. Often, we can change course and get back on the right track.
James E. Faust
Music has always been a part of my life, and it helps me a lot because it speaks for me when I can't speak for myself.
Brian Tyree Henry
No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.
Dmitri Mendeleev
I had given up ( around 1950, fh) any ambition of making a career as an artist…..I had lost all interest in the art shown in galleries and museums, and I no longer aspired to fit in that world. I loved the paintings done by children, and my only desire was to do the same for my own pleasure.
Jean Dubuffet