Quotes by Adele

“When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.”

“I believe that every one of us here tonight has as clear and vital a vocation as anyone in a religiousorder. We have the vocation of keeping alive Mr. Melcher's excitement in leading young peoplein...”

“The figure in the icon is not meant to represent literally what Peter or John or any of the apostles looked like, or what Mary looked like, nor the child, Jesus. But, the orthodox painter feels, Je...”

“Children with autism are colourful - they are often very beautiful and, like the rainbow, they stand out.”

“My aim is to sort the jumble of information we throw at these children and present it in such a way that they will have a greater chance of achieving independence and fulfilment.”

“Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that ...”

“The more opposite to you, the more challenging your partner is to you. This person holds the key to all your lost parts.”

“Most things are relative, but perspective is everything.”

“It is not about the person who is right for you, but when you are ready to experience who you are through another.”

“Does your partner represent God on earth for you?”

“How does a copy become more than a copy? Is art the creation of something new and original, or simply the continuous enlargement, or the distillation, of an observation that came before”

“What we are is going to be visible in our art, no matter how secular (on the surface) the subject may be.”

“When we are writing or painting or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions and opened to a wider world, where colours are brighter, sounds clearer, and peop...”

“If the artist reflects only his own culture, then his works will die with that culture. But if his works reflect the eternal and universal, they will revive.”

“I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented wryly on his inadequacy in human relations. Winston Church...”

“I can't think of one great human being in the arts, or in history generally, who conformed, who succeeded, as educational experts tell us children must succeed, with his peer group...If a child in ...”

“Ah, Chantal... Now I think I know how it feels to fly on a trapeze.”

“Or perhaps it's the wickedness in him that she can't resist. There are such women.”

“The writer does want to be published; the painter urgently hopes that someone will see the finished canvas (van Gogh was denied the satisfaction of having his work bought and appreciated during his...”

“Stories, no matter how simple, can be vehicles of truth; can be, in fact, icons. It's no coincidence that Jesus taught almost entirely by telling stories, simple stories dealing with the stuff of l...”