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There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies.


Martin McDonagh

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JUDITH MARTIN All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.
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CHRIS MARTIN Superstition, idolatry and hypocrisy have ample wages, but the truth goes begging.
MARTIN LUTHER Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
MARTIN LUTHER Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even thoug...
MARTIN LUTHER Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel.
MARTIN LUTHER You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star
MARTIN AMIS I am a novelist,
MARTIN AMIS I hire tea by the tea bag.
MARTIN AMIS Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn
MARTIN AMIS What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is w...
MARTIN NIEM Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct sugges...
MARTIN LUTHER To not be optimistic about the human race, would be a disregard of the power of the Spirit who creat...
MARTIN SUAREZ To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life ...
MARTIN LUTHER If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universit...
JUDITH MARTIN Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and t...
AGNES MARTIN Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.
AGNES MARTIN When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in ...
AGNES MARTIN To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you d...
AGNES MARTIN My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
AGNES MARTIN Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... w...
AGNES MARTIN