Norman Ackroyd Quotes

#1. The names of the English have changed. Before the invasion of William I the common names were those such as Leofwine, Aelfwine, Siward and Morcar. After the Norman arrival these were slowly replaced by Robert, Walter, Henry and of course William.

Peter Ackroyd

#2. I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.

J. M. W. Turner

#3. Maybe they're not as mindless as we thought, or so dedicated to turning every last human into one of them. Like Kalyn says, they were just bored, waiting for something better to happen.
And that better thing is us.

Scott Westerfeld

#4. [Young people,] dress as attractively as you can. You are an aristocrat, a child of God.

Billy Graham

#5. Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

Lloyd Alexander

#6. Every skull-cap may dream of the tiara.

Victor Hugo

#7. Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

FKA Twigs

#8. There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

Greg LeMond