The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives.
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.
But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
Dabar mes klaidingai suprantam patys save, o kitų visai nesuprantam. Patirtis neturi jokios moralinės vertės. Tai tik vardas, kuriuo žmonės vadina savo klaidas.
For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.
The picture is bad because the photographer was poor. I took the picture myself, and you can clearly tell I have no money.
It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.
I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.
I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.
I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.
And they talk about their bona fide doctors. They have a list of doctors that signed affidavits from looking at a picture of Terry. That's where they get their information from, by looking at a picture.
The story of Hosea and Gomer is the second most powerful picture of God's love in the Bible. Other than Christ's death, there is no greater picture of love.
I just spend my life studying the manufacture of sound and picture and my education, if you like, has come from what I've chosen to make sounds and pictures on.
I've certainly always had a very high regard for Botswana and so I paint a very good picture of the country and I've never pretended to be painting an entirely realistic picture.
I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us.
It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books.
