“An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the phenomenon called contemporary, where it would be foolish of me to try to enter. But I can claim my own phenomenon.” TryingI CanFactsHelpingWould BePastMy OwnAcceptingClaimsFoolishContemporaryPainterPhenomenon Author:Joseph Plaskett
“There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of past and present prejudice against Indian people, that part of their heritage is clouded or denied.” PeoplePastParentClaimsPrejudiceIndianHeritageDeniedGrandparentAncestryPast And PresentParents And GrandparentsClouded Author:Joseph Bruchac
“No man-made law ever, no matter whether derived from the past or projected onto a distant, unforeseeable future, can or should ever be empowered to claim that it is greater than the Natural Law from which it stems and to which it must inevitably return in the eternal rhythm of creation and decline of all things natural.” MenShouldMadeMatterPastLawNaturalGreaterCreationReturnEternalAll ThingsClaimsRhythmDeclineStemEmpoweredNatural Law Book:Selected Writings: An Introduction to Orgonomy Source: Selected Writings: An Introduction to Orgonomy
“Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I do not claim to have any past life connection with the historical Rama. It's just a name I liked.” ArtPastNamesIndividualCommonEnlightenmentConnectionsIndiaClaimsHistoricalMartial ArtsRamaPast Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sometimes we forget that if we do not encourage new work now, we will lose all touch with the work of the past we claim to love. If art is not living in a continuous present, it is living in a museum, only those working now can complete the circuit between the past, present and future energies we call art.” IfsArtSometimesPastEnergyLosesForgetArt IsClaimsMuseumsCircuitsPast PresentPast Present And FutureNew WorkWorking Now Author:Jeanette Winterson