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“I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.”

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Gary Soto is an American author known for his poetry and novels. His works often explore the experiences and identities of Latinx Americans, and are highly regarded by readers. more

“Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.”

Ifs Long Doe Ends Facts Would Be Life Is Suffering Effort Virtue Our Lives Strange Labor Hardship Conformity Happy Life Amusement Long Life

Author:Aristotle

“The artist is a collector of things imaginary or real. He accumulates things with the same enthusiasm that a little boy stuffs his pockets. The scrap heap and the museum are embraced with equal curiosity. He takes snapshots, makes notes and records impressions on tablecloths or newspapers, on backs of envelopes or matchbooks. Why one thing and not another is part of the mystery, but he is omnivorous.”

Littles Real Artist Stuff Boys Records One Thing Mystery Equal Notes Curiosity Newspapers Impression Enthusiasm Pockets Museums Imaginary Little Boys Collectors Scrap Envelopes Snapshots

Author:Paul Rand

“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”

Men Mind Mean Order Childhood Genius

Book:Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists

Source: Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists

“We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes.”

Men Eye Ears

Book:The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

“Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering”

Mind Growth Forget Adults Depth Wander Ease Daydreaming

Author:E. O. Wilson

“Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.”

Ifs Enough Exciting Jade

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.”

People Way Turns Found Easy Fate Football Normal Survived Kicking

Book:Straight

Source: Straight

“But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.”

Made Dream Discarded

Book:Whip hand: Trial run ; Twice shy

Source: Whip hand: Trial run ; Twice shy

“I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.”

Ifs Self Enough Next Lost Bits Saved Ruins Self Respect

Book:Whip hand: Trial run ; Twice shy

Source: Whip hand: Trial run ; Twice shy

“Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.”

Feels Mind Easy Risk Window Refuse Inhibitions

Book:Three to show: a trilogy

Source: Three to show: a trilogy

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