#pain

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye. ↗

— Morris Graves

#external #external world #eye #i #inner

But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassioned dedication on the part of its intellectuals, and even less on the part of foreign intellectuals. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. ↗

— Amy Grant

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