“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
“It is indeed strange that with all the knowledge we have gained in the past hundred years we preserve and practice the methods of an ancient and barbarous world in our dealing with crime. So long as this is observed and exercised there can be no change except to heap more cruelties and more wretchedness upon those who are the victims of our foolish system.” WorldYearsLongPastPracticeCrimeStrangeHundredMethodVictimAncientFoolishCrueltyPreservesWretchedness Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“It is for us to discharge the high duties that devolve on us, and carry our race onward. To be no better, no wiser, no greater than the past is to be little and foolish and bad; it is to misapply noble means, to sacrifice glorious opportunities for the performance of sublime deeds, to become cumberers of the ground.” MeanLittlesPastOpportunityRaceGreaterProgressSacrificeDutyPerformancesDeedsNobleFoolishGloriousWiserSublimeDischarge Book:Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ... Source: Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...
“The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.” SeemsPastFoolishSubtleDelusionSane Author:Agnes Repplier