Tilburg Frailty Quotes & Sayings

Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac. — Agatha Christie

What follows is the sum and substance of a remarkable year in a great artist's life -
Alexander Wainwright. He was at the pinnacle of his career when his art took a strange turn and I began to fear he had become possessed by some devil. But I was only beginning to understand the power of his passionate and hungry spirit, which nearly devoured him in his search for his new art - and his new life.

James Helmsworth, [art dealer for Alexander Wainwright] in The Drawing Lesson.

Enter for the giveaway of ten autographed copies of The Drawing Lesson, the first in The Trilogy of Remembrance starting on July 31st until August 31st, 2014. — Mary E. Martin

It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle. — John Updike

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions. — Paul Henderson

If I commit an error I do it without bad intention. — Stand Watie

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result. — Gisela Richter

By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings. — Leo Tolstoy

This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008 — Nancy Pelosi

Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao. — Laozi

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin