Window of The Neat Little Bookshop when we were just "a shelf" on Cayuga Street.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Winston Churchill on Hobbies ~
"To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: 'I will take an interest in this or that.' Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death . . ."
". . .to give that element of change and contrast essential to real relief ~ To restore psychic equilibrium we should call into use those parts of the mind which direct both eye and hand. Many men have found great advantage in practicing a handicraft for pleasure. Joinery, chemistry, book-binding, even bricklaying -- if one were interested in them and skillful at them -- would give a real relief to the over-tired brain. But, best of all and easiest to procure are sketching and painting in all their forms. . ."
"Painting is a companion with whom one may hope to walk a great part of life's journey,
'Age cannot wither her nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.'
~ PAINTING as a pastime, The Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill, 1948, Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
"To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: 'I will take an interest in this or that.' Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death . . ."
". . .to give that element of change and contrast essential to real relief ~ To restore psychic equilibrium we should call into use those parts of the mind which direct both eye and hand. Many men have found great advantage in practicing a handicraft for pleasure. Joinery, chemistry, book-binding, even bricklaying -- if one were interested in them and skillful at them -- would give a real relief to the over-tired brain. But, best of all and easiest to procure are sketching and painting in all their forms. . ."
"Painting is a companion with whom one may hope to walk a great part of life's journey,
'Age cannot wither her nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.'
~ PAINTING as a pastime, The Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill, 1948, Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
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