Wesendonck Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it. — Josef Albers

...the grass actually IS greener on the other side, but it's only because of the bodies buried there. — Robert Ford

Oh my God, not only is he older than the Grand Canyon, but he's like the pope and the Fae King and the president of the United States all rolled up into one. To some ancient cultures he had been a god.
He was going to hurt her so bad before he killed her so dead, and all she could think of was how hot his kiss had been in the dream and how delicate the touch of his finger was as it traced down her body. — Thea Harrison

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing. — Andrew Cuomo

She had been trying to be honest with him, thinking her honesty would be winsome and that he would come to rescue her family, forgetting what she later learned as a writer: that to be honest is to open yourself up to people thinking you're crazy. — Susan Breen

You Can't Replace A Star with A Lightbulb — Latif Mercado

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters. — Dalai Lama

The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial. — James Stephens

I love men, even though they're lying, cheating scumbags. — Gwyneth Paltrow

Revolution? You're an idiot. You don't even know what that word means. Forget your precious Mao and Che and Fidel. If they've appeared on a T-shirt, they haven't changed shit. You want revolution, look at Alexander Fleming. Penicillin transformed the world in ways Lenin and Washington only dreamt of. Now sit down and shut up, you autocratic frat boy. It's adult swim. — Marcus Sakey

I was just contemplating how some gasoline and a match would improve this painting. — Penelope Douglas

At this moment the headmaster found Master Wesendonck's tall pile of books slipping from his grasp. He juggled frantically with them for a moment and then, to the infinite joy of the boarders and day boys, they crashed to the ground in all directions. A bevy of form masters rushed forward to the rescue. Master Wesendonck, realising with immense presence of mind that his natural enemies were for once in their proper place, grovelling on the floor, stood still and did nothing. — Angela Thirkell

I am proud of what I've done. — Samantha Morton