58 quotes by lithuanian authors for you to enjoy

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. Abraham Cahan

Anger Humble Simple Control Modest Your

In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life. Jonas Mekas

Life Angry You Walk Beauty Those See Poetry Remain Through Colors Support Smells Cannot Meadow Breathe Full Flowers

I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate. Ben Shahn

Photography Own My Own Became Interested Inadequate Sketching Found

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter. Abraham Cahan

World Wind Scatter Mere Smoke Curl

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box. Abraham Cahan

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once. Abraham Cahan

Life Once Those Seem Days Dearest Very Far Near

A responsive audience is the best encouragement an actor can have. Al Jolson

Best Encouragement Responsive Audience Actor

I have seen and heard comedians who had really funny 'stuff' but yet could not make the people laugh; then, again - I have seen others whose stuff was anything but humorous, and the audience would howl with laughter. Al Jolson

Funny People Laughter Seen Others Funny Stuff Humorous Laugh Would Could Had Stuff Comedians Make Audience Howl Heard Anything Again Then Really Who Whose

It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it's ten. Ben Shahn

People Sewing Table Ten Crowded Around Used Twelve Now

Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began to do what I'd done even years ago doing people. I couldn't get interested in it. And I did hundreds of photographs of details of the monuments as sculpture. Ben Shahn

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited. Ben Shahn

Knowledge Photography Terribly Limited Now

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is a picture. Ben Shahn

You Picture Country Mine Point Camera South Wherever

I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on. Ben Shahn

Depression You People Administration Impact About Strongly Know Felt Accomplish Very Efforts Trying Social Them Helping Whole

I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all. Ben Shahn

Time Photography Enough Enough Time Draw Drawing Outfit Some Take Part Along Felt Camera Lot Did Wanted Things

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time. Ben Shahn

Time Editing Negative Valuable Incredibly Punch Ruined Later Bit Some Through He Pictures Understand Doing Were His Dictatorial Confess Quite Stopped Hole Which Little Little Bit Them Used Roy Number

For me, if I didn't have reading I'd go absolutely crazy. It really helps me to unplug from the whole world, and keep my sanity, and be able to fill my time with something other than technology. Bria Vinaite

We all judge people. Bria Vinaite

People Judge

It's kind of almost not fair that certain people don't get the opportunities that others get just because of where they are born or where they were brought up. Bria Vinaite

People Opportunities Others Kind Born Brought Almost Fair Because Were Up Get Just Where Just Because Not Fair Certain

There's not enough opportunity, and I feel like you can't control where you're born or where you're brought up. Bria Vinaite

You Opportunity Control Enough Born Brought Feel Like Up Where

I feel like I want people to... I guess not be as judgemental of situations because they might not know the full story. Just to try to be nice about other people's struggles and be understanding and not judge people based on their circumstances. Bria Vinaite

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