Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts ... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.
~Winston Churchill, 'Painting as a Pastime'
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In the twinkling of an eye, I found myself without an office, without a seat, without a party, and without an appendix.
~Winston Churchill, 1931, ‘Election Memories’, Strand Magazine
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