In times such as these, life often begs us to seek answers when in reality there are only questions available.
Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children
Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species.
Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age.
My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that.
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.
It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night.
The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.
The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
Everyone's attention span is getting shorter. As a result, everything - films, music, art - gets watered down and dumber. Every now and again, you get something great, but not often.
Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.
A cat’s secrets run so deep that even the cat itself is often unaware. Their mysteries are as natural as whiskers.
It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.
