Débora Viegas

“Se eu voltar a ter olhos, olharei verdadeiramente os olhos dos outros, como se estivesse a ver-lhes a alma, A alma, perguntou o velho da venda preta, Ou o espírito, o nome pouco importa, foi então que, surpreendentemente, se tivermos em conta que se trata de pessoa que não passou por estudos adiantados, a rapariga dos óculos escuros disse, Dentro de nós há uma coisa que não tem nome, essa coisa é o que somos.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“...The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in; machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery we need humanity,
more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.

Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost.”
― Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator: Il grande dittatore di Charlie Chaplin

“Anyone in pursuit of art is responding to a desire to make visible that which is not, to offer the unknown self to others.”
― Hettie Jones

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery!”
― Maxim Gorky