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“Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.”

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“Men do not turn from God so easily. Not so easily. Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot e fled nor hid from. To imagine otherwise is to imagine the unspeakable. It was never that this man ceased to believe in God. No. It was rather that he came to believe terrible things of him.”

God Faith Existence

Book:The Crossing

Source: The Crossing

“The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being vanquished.”

Art Artist Beauty

Book:Twenty Prose Poems

Source: Twenty Prose Poems

“…Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all - my head is bursting…”

Author:Claude Monet

“Beautiful art opens our eyes to the beauty of the world, Ulysses. It repositions our sight and judgement. Captures forever that which is fleeting.”

Book:Still Life

Source: Still Life

“Art is about feelings and emotion. It's about letting them escape, so they can be shared. It's about capturing a truth about yourself. Like you're ripping a hole in your chest and exposing your soul.”

Book:Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Source: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.”

Art Photography

Book:Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

Source: Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

“Observation is a dying art.”

Art Film Observation

Book:Stanley Kubrick: Interviews

Source: Stanley Kubrick: Interviews

“...the second time you see something is really the first time. You need to know how it ends before you can appreciate how beautifully it's put together from the beginning.”

Book:The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son

Source: The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son

“He then put both hands on the door on either side of my head and leaned in close, pinning me against it. I trembled like a downy rabbit caught in the clutches of a wolf. The wolf came closer. He bent his head and began nuzzling my cheek. The problem was…I wanted the wolf to devour me.”

Book:Tiger's Curse

Source: Tiger's Curse

“Never compare your love story to those you watch in movies. They're written by scriptwriters, yours is written by God.”

Love God Movies

Author:Efren Peñaflorida Jr.