All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer - at least the answer for myself. Art is an action against death. It is denial of death. Jacques Lipchitz
The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love. Nikos Kazantzakis
If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto. Carter Woodson
When a pig has eaten its full, it pushes over its trough. Corsican Proverb
He pushes it away with the hand, but pulls it forward with the foot. Persian Proverb
When a man is falling, every saint pushes him. Italian Proverb