Thomas Eakins (Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins) Quotes
When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
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A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
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I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.
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Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.
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I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….
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Because of all this, I am at a loss to know whether to weep more for those they killed or those that are captured: or indeed for these men themselves whom the devil has taken fast for his slaves. In truth, they will bind themselves alongside him in the pains of the everlasting pit: for 'he who sins is a slave already' and is to be called 'son of the devil.'
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The Devil is an Ass, I do acknowledge it.
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Now this word SABAF, being by number Three score and Ten, is a name of Ayin, the Eye, and the Devil our Lord, and the Goat of Mendes. He is the Lord of the Sabbath of the Adepts, and is Satan, therefore also the Sun, whose number of Magick is 666, the seal of His servant the BEAST.
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So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.
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While there should be collective efforts to increase tech inclusion overall, the industry must work to specifically attract and retain women of color.
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In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.
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There's one race on this planet. It's called the human race. We're all the same. To me, there is absolutely nothing that has color to do with it.
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I learned a lot of painting tricks painting outside.
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I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.
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Better that I find you, God, and leave the questions unanswered, than to find the answers without finding you.
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The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.
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Honestly, most of the stuff I made for 'TV on the Radio,' I write in the studio.
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I'm an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I'm a unique customer. They're aware of what I'm doing. A painter may not have a relationship with a paint maker, but there's only one company that makes Lego.
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When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.
