Tanton Quotes & Sayings

I colour for a living. When I am a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is that I am more wrinkled. When I am not being a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is every difference imaginable. — Janice Tanton

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it. — Joe Louis

If you want to know what a truly healthy relationship is, it's one where both people wake up every morning and say, I choose to be with this person. — Robert Morrow

I've come to the point of view that for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear one at that. — John Tanton

We don't really remember where we came from, and we're not too sure about where we go to, if we are, after this thing we call life. — Frederick Lenz

Creatives are feared and ridiculed ... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not. — Janice Tanton

Suzanne likes thrills, but she hates being uncomfortable. — Agatha Christie

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it. — Janice Tanton

If you would listen to every stroke of my brush, I would never need to speak again. — Janice Tanton

Sometimes I misstep into something perhaps I shouldn't, but with age comes a thick, high pair of rubber boots to wade through the barnyard. We should all have to get to the dirt and 'muck out' at some point in our lives. — Janice Tanton

Mathematics speaks to the transcendental, as does this extraordinary friendship. A beautiful book! — James Tanton

You can either buy shoes or paint. — Janice Tanton

Imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known. — Napoleon Hill

It's not destiny, Ox. You're not bound by this. Not yet. There's a choice. There is always a choice. My wolf chose you. I chose you. And if you don't choose me, then that's your choice and I will walk out of here knowing you got to choose your own path. But I swear to god, if you choose me, I will make sure that you know the weight of your worth every day for the rest of our lives because that's what this is. I am going to be a fucking Alpha one day, and there is no one I'd rather have by my side than you. It's you, Ox. For me, it's always been you." So I said, "Okay, Joe." I looked up at him. His wolf was close to the surface. And he said, "Okay?" I said, "Okay. Okay. I don't know if I see the things you do." "I know." "And I don't know if I'll be good enough." "I know you will," he said, eyes flashing orange. "But I promised you. I said it will always be you and me." His face stuttered a bit, and he said, "You did. You promised me. You promised." I — T.J. Klune

instinct is telling me that this could be our killer. And — Robert Bryndza

Do we leave it to individuals to decide that they are the intelligent ones who should have more kids? And more troublesome, what about the less intelligent, who logically should have less? Who is going to break the bad news [to less intelligent individuals], and how will it be implemented? — John Tanton

Kellie took in a deep breath before going on. "Tristan, I don't want to lose you, but I think underneath," she placed her hand on my chest, over my heart, "I think you're in love with her. — Angela McPherson

Living in my head isn't fun sometimes. A kajillion thoughts are there at any one time, and the only place I find peace is at the easel. — Janice Tanton

I saw a great bumper sticker that read: 'Do something that scares you every day.' That really stuck with me. I try to live like that. — Janice Tanton

In the bacteriology lab, we have culture plates. You put a bug in there and it starts growing and gets bigger and bigger and bigger. And it grows until it finally fills the whole plate. And it crashes and dies. — John Tanton

There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the light in a three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. — Janice Tanton

Math is the beautiful, rich, joyful, playful, surprising, frustrating, humbling and creative art that speaks to something transcendental. It is worthy of much exploration and examination because it is intrinsically beautiful, nothing more to say. Why play the violin? Because it is beautiful! Why engage in math? Because it too is beautiful! — James Tanton

I regret waiting until my mid-twenties to really start seeing the world. I think I should have taken more risks when I was younger and worried less about being ready to grow up. — John Corey Whaley

I paint to understand my world and my place in it. I paint to pray, to curse, to sort, to number, to structure, to destructure, to bleed, to preserve, to recognize, to see, to hide, to show, to tell, to think, to stop thinking, to detest, to love, to act, to be still, to laugh, to cry, to detest, but mostly to love for now I am human, but in a few short years I will be something else. — Janice Tanton