12 - 13 things

I came across this article this evening:

Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid.

#11 is a standard in my life ::wink::

http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2013/11/18/mentally-strong-people-the-13-things-they-avoid/

and the weekly quotes:

'The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.'-Aristotle

'The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.'-Lucian Freud

'If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.'-Edward Hopper

'What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.'-
Eugene Delacroix

'There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.'- Pablo Picasso