W.J. Raymond Quotes
I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it all the more appealing to me. And I can do as I will whenever I choose.
I'd rather do anything than make commercial art. I didn't go to school for art. Making art has certain advantages for me but they would never be in commercial direction.
I don't have extravagant tastes or expenses - like with cars, clothes, or whatever.
I don't know if it's good to be stuck at one place. I'm probably too close to home on that. Because that can happen-where I'm not the best judge of my own work.
If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and I have a lot of unfinished drawings.
I don't feel that I decided deliberately I'm going to write something and have it stand alone. Somewhere by the end I think it would probably revert to imagery.
Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.
It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.
Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.
The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.
One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.
GOTO, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers.
A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others.
The noncook is in a helpless position, much like that of the car owner who can’t change a tire and has to depend on mechanics to keep his automobile running.
Sichuan food would not be Sichuanese without the hot chilies that arrived before 1700 from South America.
Arthur Rimbaud was a disreputable, mean, ruthless, perverse, hateful wretch. He was also one of the greatest poets who ever lived.
You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.
there isn't enough of anythingas long as we live. But at intervalsa sweetness appears and, given a chanceprevails.
But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.
why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.
Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.
We live a life of opposites. We want things we can’t have and have things we don’t want.
Happiness. It comes onunexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all of the tricks and has nothing to say.
If you seek creative ideas go walking.Angels whisper to a man when he goes fora walk.
Luck is when those who are prepared take advantage of the moment.
You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.
Snake pulled out the digital camera and decided to play a joke on Otacon. He snapped a picture of the pinup, muttered, "Good, " and closed the door.
A message from God... If You Accept It... I Would Give You the Glorious Gift of Seeing Yourself Exactly as I see You... And I See You as Perfection and of Immeasurable Importance.
Love Me Even More when I Seem Least Deserving... For That is the Very Moment That I Am Most in Need of Your Love.
Only Light can drive away the shadows, Darkness can never be diminished by more darkness.
Through sincere Thankfulness, the incredibly difficult struggles of my yesterday, have been transformed into the“Good ol’ Days” upon which I can now Peacefully reflect .
Upon waking this morning… What if all that remained were the people and things for which I had expressed Gratitude the day before? I shudder to think of all that would found to be missing.
Once I began taking inventory of ALL I was Grateful for, the warehouse I had packed with notebooks listing all I lacked became obsolete.
I'm grateful for the dark shadow that is constantly following me... It reminds me always of the Loving Light that shines upon my face.
I'm Thankful in the knowledge that EVERY moment of this Life has happened For Me...Not one moment has happened TO me.
If Gratitude were a tree in a Bountiful orchard...Grace would be it's Seed bearing fruit.