“Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands.” EndsHandsLeftPaintBoxesBoredBoredomLoose Ends Book:Churchill on men and events: a selection from Source: Churchill on men and events: a selection from
“Decade after decade, artists came to paint the light of Provincetown, and comparisons were made to the lagoons of Venice and the marshes of Holland, but then the summer ended and most of the painters left, and the long dingy undergarment of the gray New England winter, gray as the spirit of my mood, came down to visit.” LongMadeLightSpiritArtistLeftSummerEnglandPaintWinterDecadesMoodPainterComparisonGrayVeniceNew EnglandHollandMarshesEnd Of SummerLagoonsUndergarmentsProvincetown Book:Tough Guys Don't Dance: A Novel Source: Tough Guys Don't Dance: A Novel
“Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to climb a tree, to paint a crazy picture and wipe out on your bike, to get hurt. The spirit of risk gradually takes its leave. It follows the wild cries of joy and pain down the wind, through the hedgerow, growing ever fainter. What was that sound? A dog barking far off? That was our life calling to us, the one that was vigorous and undefended and curious.” PainJoySpiritLeftSoundLosesHurtOur LivesGrowingRiskTreeCrazyChildhoodDogCryWindCallingOkayPaintCuriousClimbsBikeWipeVigorousJoy And PainHedgerows Author:Peter Heller
“My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on an easel for the director to paint his own painting with in the editing room, long after I've left. You buy me for red and black, so I better give you really great red and black, but if I can give you purple, pink, green and brown too, I will.” IfsGivingLongI CanDifferentLeftBlackRoomsActingStageColorPaintingDirectorsRedGreenPaintMetaphorBrownEditingReally GreatPurpleActing In MoviesRed And Black Author:Scott Glenn
“I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we have brought down from our barbarious ancestors. We have left off the war paint and war whoops, and we shall leave off the hangin' when we get civilized.” IdeasWarShowsLeftPaintFolksReformEmsCivilizedAncestorSavagesDeath PenaltyWar Paint Author:Marietta Holley
“Typically, when you're with your friends, premises are coming up left and right. But when you're on stage, you must create the premise. So you have to create the premise, paint the picture and then deliver the punch line.” LeftLinesStagePaintPremisesLeft And Right Author:Jon Stewart
“When we sit down to draw or paint the sun's rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you're left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish.” LittlesUseLightLeftBitsMorningSunLittle BitDrawsRedBluePaintEveningRaysYellow Author:Bill Nye