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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose works and ideas had a profound influence on the world. He was a renowned painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, musician, and engineer. more

“As young people we want something to slow us down and keep us trapped in one place long enough to look below the surface of the world. That disaster is a car crash or a war. To make us sit still. It can be getting cancer or getting pregnant. The important part is how it seems to catch us by surprise. That disaster stops us from living the life we'd planned as children - a life of constant dashing around.”

“Imagining something is better than remembering something.”

Philosophy Remember Owen Meany

Book:The world according to Garp

Source: The world according to Garp

“Once you start thinking about the lies people tell when they don't know they're telling them, the truths people reveal when they think they're lying, then you can start to build a world.”

People Thinking Knows World Lying

Author:Sarah Rees Brennan

“He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin.”

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Book:Animal Farm and 1984

Source: Animal Farm and 1984

“Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.”

Writing Hate Phony Puke

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“Are there many people without illness or disability who sit at home in the evening with clenched fists, continually changing the channel of a television set and wishing they had the courage to roll over the parapet of a high bridge? I bet there are millions of us.”

People Home Wish Millions Television Illness Evening Bridges Disability Fists

Author:Alasdair Gray

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

Inspirational Giving Children Book Reading Reading Books Book Reading Books And Reading Happy Children Children Book Book Readers Reading For Kids Children Reading Inspirational Reading Children About Reading Happy Kid

Author:George Bernard Shaw

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