I think ancient cultures incorporated death into the experience of life in a more natural way than we have done. In our obsessive focus on youth, on celebrity, our denial of death makes it harder for people who are grieving to find a place for that grief. Edward Hirsch ancientcelebrityculture share on social
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Miguel de Cervantes baseexperiencelong Change image and share on social
You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness. Barbara Smith consciousnessexperiencepaint Change image and share on social
I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. Mel Gibson bitterexperiencelearn Change image and share on social
Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done! Rachael Ray experiencefieldjob Change image and share on social
Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.' David Harewood artblimeydomingo Change image and share on social
My long-term plans are just to get as much experience as I can in Australia and try to make my own films. Brenton Thwaites australiaexperiencefilm Change image and share on social
You are - all your experience just kind of accumulates, and the novel takes a richness of its own simply because it has the weight of all those years that one's put into it. Donna Tartt accumulateexperiencekind Change image and share on social
I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on. Patti Davis experiencefamilyfather share on social
Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people. Billy Crudup askexperiencehave Change image and share on social
