Bistra Slivovitz Quotes & Sayings

Bad things happen when problems are protected by a force field of tediousness. — Ben Goldacre

I don't judge myself by what someone says. — Sydney Schanberg

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly. (friend who is a priest said regarding prayer) — Sybil MacBeth

I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them. — Penn Jillette

I applaud the courage of he who accepts each and every one of the laws of a game he did not invent and was not asked if he wanted to play — Juan Carlos Onetti

Painting is ... a correspondence between what you are and what you see. It's a moment when something is holding together in such a way that it is a universe in itself ... Within this is a test and also a judgment upon yourself, your capabilities, your promises, and the part that you play in the world. And nobody else can test that for you. Certainly not the Museum of Modern Art. — Milton Resnick

No, our greatness does not come from our government. — Sonny Perdue

The artist as an artist must be an anarchist — Kurt Eisner

No physical quantity can continue to change exponentially forever. Your job is delaying forever. — Gordon Moore

When you put a tremendous amount of love into your work, as in any relationship, you can't know - you can only hope - that what you're offering will in some way be received. You shape your love to artistic demands, to the rigors of your genre. But still, it's a labor of love, and it's the nature of love that you must give it freely. — Anne Michaels

Some of you might know me as Meg Lacey, but Lynda Miller is my real name. Of course, I am usually called Lynn and only Lynda by my father when I was in trouble. — Lynda Miller