successful paintings are based on an ability to simplify the subject down to its essentials rather than paint it in great detail. Design and composition are the solid foundation that a painting must rest on. Values must be simplified.
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“There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever. ”
― 1984
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever. ”
― 1984
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
― 1984
― 1984
“When you have a choice to be right or to be kind, always pick kind. Living from your highest spiritual sense is the essence of what it means to be a self-actualized person.”
― I Can See Clearly Now
― I Can See Clearly Now
“The Ache is not a flaw. The Ache is our meeting place. It's the clubhouse of the brave. All the lovers are there. It is where you go alone to meet the world. The Ache is love.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
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