“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Age
“Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’” ~~ Sydney J. Harris
“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity.” ~~ Samuel Ullman
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.” ~~ Samuel Ullman
“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln
“Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ” ~~ Samuel Ullman
“Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does — except wrinkles.” ~~ Abigail Van Buren
“To control and sort young people for the sake of institutional efficiency is to crush the human spirit.” ~~ Ron Miller
