"I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public."

-- James Broughton

#Art Quotes #Passion Quotes #Arguing Quotes

“Needing and getting donâ€™t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do.”
“I don’t believe in following a path set by others. You have to create a path for yourself.”
“As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.”
“There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.”

Source : Monique Wittig (2007). “Les Guerilleres”, p.75, University of Illinois Press
“When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.”
“I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here. My spouse or my girlfriend or boyfriend are here right now, but someday they won't be." You realize that you need to like yourself.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing.”

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