Manuel de Falla famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.
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The [guitar is the] instrument most complete and richest in its harmonic and polyphonic possibilities.
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The harmonic effects produced unconsciously by our guitarists are one of the miracles of natural art.
-- Manuel de Falla
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To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
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Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.
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I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.
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Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ? "I'm glad you asked that. I've been wanting to say this for years. Is cooking an art ? Is talking an art ? Is even painting an art ? It is artfulness that makes art, not the medium itself. Of course photography is an art - when it is in the hands of artists."
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Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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[Castellani's testimony] clearly illustrates the concern we have that there is no way to separate the efforts to proselytize from the efforts to reform people.
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A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime. This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.
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There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.
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So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts
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I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.
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