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“War is killing the individual in it unless he has learned livingness - if he had it he wouldn't be a good soldier.”

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American artist known for her distinctive paintings of flowers and landscapes. O'Keeffe's work is renowned for its bold colors and innovative forms, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century American art. more

“Anyone, however, who has had dealings with dates knows that they are worse than elusive, they are perverse. Events do not happen at the right time, nor in their proper sequence. That sense of harmony with place and season which is so strong in the historian--if he be a readable historian--is lamentably lacking in history, which takes no pains to verify his most convincing statements.”

Ifs Knows Happens Pain Strong History Events Seasons Harmony Statements Historian Lacking Right Time Convincing Sequence Elusive Dealings No Pain Verify

Book:To Think of Tea!

Source: To Think of Tea!

“But self-satisfaction, if as buoyant as gas, has an ugly trick of collapsing when full blown, and facts are stony things that refuse to melt away in the sunshine of a smile.”

Ifs Self Facts Satisfaction Refuse Ugly Tricks Gas Sunshine Self-satisfaction

Book:Books and Men

Source: Books and Men

“Necessity knows no Sunday.”

Knows Sunday

Book:Philadelphia: The Place and the People

Source: Philadelphia: The Place and the People

“No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.”

Men Needs Hands Desire Pursuit Pursue

Book:In Pursuit of Laughter ...

Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...

“The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.”

Art Life Is Worst Humour Compatible

Book:In Pursuit of Laughter ...

Source: In Pursuit of Laughter ...

“We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and listen for the mirth that has died away. In vain we seek to question the gray ghosts of old-time revelers.”

Looks Past Memories Laughter Died Ghost Vain Gray Cheer Echoes Mirth Departed Old Time Good Cheer

Author:Agnes Repplier

“Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.”

Needs Enough Hands Order Sweet Corruption Wit All Time Visible Introduction Demonstration

Book:Points of View

Source: Points of View

“Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.”

Giving Humans Reason Spirit Pleasure Foundation Wit Comic Absurdity Companionship Apprehension Elude Impetus

Author:Agnes Repplier

“Humor brings insight and tolerance.”

Events Insight Tolerance Irony Ironic

Author:Agnes Repplier

“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.”

World Attitude Positive Conversation Wit Sarcasm Sarcastic Salt Attitude Towards Life

Book:Essays in Idleness

Source: Essays in Idleness

Quote by Georgia O'Keeffe

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