"Art doesn't have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it."

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Source : Raymond Carver, Marshall Bruce Gentry, William L. Stull (1990). “Conversations with Raymond Carver”, p.52, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Raymond Carver

#Art Quotes #Fierce Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.”
“The face of the sun is not without expression, but it tells us precious little of what is in its heart.”
“Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay; And hoard it, for moons die, red fades, and you may need a kissâ€”some day.”

Source : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
“I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.”
“Society is about masks and hiding and pretending to be something that you're not and not opening up, and in acting, you do all of those things, but it also shows the performers in a very raw state. They have to literally upset themselves to get to that position sometimes. You don't need a load of people judging you or not being interested in what you're doing or being an ass on set because it ruins it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.”
“A running machine, that glides over mud, crud and goop.”
“Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.”

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