Balthus Painter Quotes & Sayings

If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to the sex, age, or temperament of the person, and, if we are capable of fear, will readily find terrors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love the Problem, Not the Solution. — Ash Maurya

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know. — Frank McCourt

I loved birds, and every bird was my favorite bird. But no bird was a better bird than a bird I saw with Linda. — Bob Tarte

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings. — Balthus

Remember, God can use us, but he doesn't need us. — Bob Kauflin

On the page, these might look like the stones of a ruin, strewn by time and weather, but I was here. — Sarah Manguso

Oh what a long time we shall not be and the world will endure,
Neither name nor sign of us will exist;
Before this we were not and there was no deficiency,
After this, when we are not it will be the same as before. — Omar Khayyam

Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader's soul.
The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond. — Nicolas Gomez Davila