Painful events leave scars, true, but it turns out they're largely erasable. Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroanatomist who had a stroke that obliterated her memory, described the event as losing '37 years of emotional baggage.' Martha Beck baggagebolteemotional share on social
Painfully to attain possession of what we do not want, and then painfully to waste our days in attempting to rid ourselves of it, seems to be a part of our discipline here below. Thomas Bailey Aldrich attainattemptday Change image and share on social
Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do. Curtis Mayfield goodpainlesspreach Change image and share on social
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. John Dryden lovepainpleasure Change image and share on social
Paint goes a long way in making old look like new. Candice Olson longmakepaint Change image and share on social
Paint the essential character of things. Camille Pissarro characteressentialpaint Change image and share on social
Painter after painter, since the beginning of the century, has tended toward abstraction. First, the Impressionists simplified the landscape in terms of color, and then the Fauves simplified it again by adding distortion, which, for some reason, is a characteristic of our century. Marcel Duchamp abstractionaddbegin share on social
Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they? Alexander McCall Smith bleakexpectpaint Change image and share on social
Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody. Donald Barthelme americanbesetformal Change image and share on social
Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention, to connect with each person's subconscious, and not to try and dictate. Helen Mirren connectdictateexplain share on social
