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“every time i paint a portrait i lose a friend.”
“a man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait” – johann wolfgang von goethe “a portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth”- john singer sargent “the portrait of a...
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whoa ! ! ! !
hummm, what can i say, wordpress has informed me that, uh, i have 200 followers! ? ! ? ! ? i’m going to quote mr. billy joel as he welcomed the crowd while closing down shea: thank you “you sick...
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“just got back from a pleasure trip; took my mother-in-law to the airport”
2:45 a.m. saturday august 18th 2012, san francisco international -home at last- peace Tagged: african-american photographers, henny youngman, nikon 14-24mm f2.8, nikon 24-70mm f2.8, nikon 50mm f1.4g,...
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“sadness is always the legacy of the past; regrets are pains of the memory”
“the walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”- jim rohn“every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad”-...
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‘trick or treat’
“give us something good to eat”“oh man, i must have been a very bad boy” 31st october 2012 – all hallow’s eve – san francisco peace Tagged: african-american photographers, images of granola bars, nikon...
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“the whole world is watching”
“life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘what are you doing for others?’”- martin luther king jr. sunday afternoon 4th november 2012 – the 1968 exhibit, oakland museum of california – oakland...
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“victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat”
“earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” - mahatma gandhi“whatever satisfies the soul is truth” – walt whitman“everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that...
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“without trust there is nothing”
“you may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough” - frank crane“you must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible” - anton...
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“when angry count to four, when very angry, swear”
“for every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness” - ralph waldo emerson “anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one” - benjamin franklin “there are two things a...
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“charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question”
“he who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it” - henry george “you create your opportunities by asking for them” - shakti gawain “if there is...
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“all life is an experiment, the more experiments you make the better”
“there is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes” - richard buckminster fuller“no amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can...
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“one should never confuse motion with action”
“colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will” – john sterling “the aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so...
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“hallie, who put the cactus rose on tom’s coffin?”
“transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world” - robert hughes“if you come to new york to buy crack, bring carfare and be prepared to take the bus back” - benjamin ward“if...
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“joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the...
“believe me! the secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!” - friedrich nietzsche “who is the happiest of men? he who values the merits...
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“if winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?”
“win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change” - ralph waldo emerson “the real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can...
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“when i find myself fading, i close my eyes and realize my friends are my...
“o fairest flower, no sooner blown but blasted, soft silken primrose fading timelessly” - john milton “the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. lies will pass into history” –...
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“truths and roses have thorns about them.”
“you can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses” – ziggy “there is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he...
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“breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in arabia”
“some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun” - pablo picasso“i told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie” - rodney...
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“paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the...
“paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside” - herman hesse“paradise is exactly like where you are right now; only much, much better” - laurie anderson“england is a...
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“roses are red, violets are blue, i’m schizophrenic, and so am i”
“winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly handshaking“ - friedrich nietzsche“a man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but...
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