George Luks quotes

George Luks quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“At sixty a man has passed most of the reefs and whirlpools....That man has awakened to a new youth....Ergo, he is young.”
-- George Luks

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“Art - my slats! Guts! Guts! Life! Life! I can paint with a shoe-string dipped in pitch and lard.”
-- George Luks

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“Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.”
“Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.”
“Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.”
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.”
“It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.”
“We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?”
“The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.”
“A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.”
“Youth looks forward, for nothing is behind! Age backward, for nothing is before.”
“I did experiment with ***** when I was a youth.”

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