#we

I have been no more than a medium, as it were. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#i #medium #more #than #were

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #creative #difficult #ever #first

I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#answer #different #i #invites #manner

I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#else #everybody #everybody else #i #like

As a kid, during the school year, my head was often buried in a textbook or Judy Blume book; the words and pictures were the perfect, barrier-free environment for me. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#buried #during #environment #head #judy

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#brady #bunch #chicago #deaf #despite

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#good managers #guys #i #lot #managers

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#aids #hearing #hearing aids #i #implant

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#any #before #charges #day #deceased

The '60s were an amazing time. ↗

— Peter Max

#amazing time #time #were