We don’t usually see light traveling in darkness of space because we only can see its reflection on substance.
ALA BASHIRWe don’t usually see light traveling in darkness of space because we only can see its reflection on substance.
ALA BASHIREveryday hundreds of people came to the hospital… dying, and I have to introduce life into them again… my duty was to compete with death.
ALA BASHIRI think we need a huge dose of love.
ALA BASHIREvents of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life.
ALA BASHIRIt is the first cry after birth
ALA BASHIREarly on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life.
ALA BASHIRArt should stimulate.
ALA BASHIRDrawing is like the first kiss. It carries within it the deepest emotion and the challenge of the first step.
ALA BASHIRFor those whom my love can not immune from death, are dedicated these paintings, in the hope they may express in drawing the reality of a resonant mind.
ALA BASHIRI discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.
ALA BASHIRLife is the journey between darkness of the womb and darkness of the grave.
ALA BASHIROnly then, he realized that with love he could survive, and that for a certain purpose he would toil.
ALA BASHIRThe truth is far beyond what we can see. Therefore my art is an invitation to comprehend this fact.
ALA BASHIRAs a painter, I realized that what we see is just manifestation of unseen power.
ALA BASHIRDarkness is where we begin and where we end.
ALA BASHIRCursed in earth and subdued by death, man found himself beset by time, and his instincts put to the test.
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