Quotes by Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“The painter knew that color was not something you controlled but something you set free. He believed that color knew its way home.”

“words are a border collies worst nightmare.”

“The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting for your command.”

“Life is random. Life is complicated. Life is often unforgiving. And we must each live it anyway. And I dont mean live it as if its a chore, something to be endured, survived. I mean, dig in, get mu...”

“You might think of a thought as an invisible, innocuous little thing. Something that barely exists. But a thought is something hard to conceal. Hold a thought and it melts all over your hands. Touc...”

“To paint one must forget everything else. Where you live, who you know, what you eat, when to sleep. The landscape of the canvas becomes your only reality. The planet you inhabit is a single plane ...”

“The painter folded back the heavy curtain, standing in the stream of light breaking through the damp thickness of the room. He paused, still holding the drape in his hand as he considered with susp...”

“the painter had no need for grammar.words fell from his brushes already knowing where to stand, sit, lie down.”

“Life isnt really linear. Although its generally perceived that way. The stories we tell are woven like snakes around a divining rod. A center of time containing all thats ever been told and heard. ...”

“Its hard to say where a story begins and ends. You have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. Somewhere between perception and reality. Between what is spoken and what is heard. Between what is writ...”

“It's true we all build imaginary prisons for ourselves. Believe that we are trapped behind the invisible bars of the lives we have somehow carelessly constructed for ourselves, despite our youthful...”

“i am the lion and you are the lamb and as prophesied, we will lie down together.”

“The painter knew the mirror lied. And the canvas told the truth.”

“words are a border collie’s worst nightmare.”

“Life isn’t really linear. Although it’s generally perceived that way. The stories we tell are woven like snakes around a divining rod. A center of time containing all that’s ever been told and hear...”

“It’s hard to say where a story begins and ends. You have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. Somewhere between perception and reality. Between what is spoken and what is heard. Between what is wri...”