Quintin

“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realisation then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming and about how ideas of forming stem from history.”
― Joseph Bueys

“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.”
― bell hooks

“Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

“weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild