What did Maggie O'Farrell mean by: She liked the way his smile took a long time to arrive and just as long to leave. - Maggie O'Farrell Author Copy
+ Why isn’t life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen? Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Maggie O'Farrell, Terrible, Terrible Things, 0 - Maggie O'Farrell Author
+ Motherhood is all-encompassing, and in a way, as the mother, you’re the star of the household. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Maggie O'Farrell, Mother, Motherhood, 0 - Maggie O'Farrell Author
+ I think it was Rose Macaulay who said, “A house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.” Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Maggie O'Farrell, House, 0 - Maggie O'Farrell Author
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France