Riles Clay Quotes & Sayings

Art is magic ... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic. — Hans Hofmann

Since there are thousands of reasons to be happy, let us smile so many thousands times! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

People must be valued because of what they are rather than who they are. — M.F. Moonzajer

It's curious that I can't stomach half an hour of television, in general, but I can spend the better half of an hour watching water fall from the heavens. Why do you suppose that is? — Pam Stucky

Our obsession with each other was like the isolation that comes with great pain; it was like extreme sadness. Without our children we might have never discovered our differences, which is what has made our abiding love for each other possible. — Russell Banks

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion. — Juliette Binoche

Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision is careful planning, hard work, and unbending integrity rather than partisanship or self-gain. They must trust that the awesome power of government is not being abused. — Linda Lingle

How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven. — William S. Burroughs

You don't have to suffer to be a poet — John Ciardi