Maryke Van Quotes

#1. In art we do not make things any simpler by making simpler things. Reduction does not yield certainty, but something like its opposite, which is ambiguity and multi-valence.

Kirk Varnedoe

#2. I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.

Alicia Keys

#3. The great mistake made by most of the Lord's people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

Arthur W. Pink

#4. I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

Helena Bonham Carter

#5. Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

Wilma Rudolph

#6. Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

Leon Trotsky

#7. A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando!

Rebecca Hall

#8. Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.

Jan Masaryk

#9. [To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

Mary McLeod Bethune

#10. I think it's fair to say I am a writer. I'm using this journal to get better: to hone my skills, to collect details and observations. To show don't tell and all that other writerly crap.

Gillian Flynn