Russkaya Vesna Quotes & Sayings

Teach hope to all, despair to none. — Abraham Lincoln

The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black. — Pat Parker

A friend of mine says his two favorite artists are Picasso and Rembrandt. Picasso because he paints the beautiful in such an ugly fashion. And Rembrandt because he paints the ugly so beautifully. — Anna Torv

Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare. — Richard Wilbur

When you have a problem, what happens? You think it out, you wallow in it, you fuss over it, you get wildly excited about it; and the more you analyze it, dig into it, polish it, worry about it, the less you understand it. But the moment you put it away from you, you understand it - the whole thing is suddenly very clear. I think most of us have had that experience. The mind is no longer in a state of confusion, conflict, and therefore it is capable of receiving or perceiving something totally new. And is it possible for the mind to be in that state so that it is never repetitive but is experiencing something new all the time? I think that depends on our understanding of this problem of the cultivation of virtue. — Anonymous

A painting works only on the edge of not working. Then what is ungraspable comes near. — Kazuaki Tanahashi

As her voice finally swells and the song runs out of words, I know I have lost her. She becomes something more important; and she was right, I do not understand. — Pierce Brown