"While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid."

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Source : Erwin Panofsky, William S. Heckscher (1997). “Three Essays on Style”, p.120, MIT Press

Erwin Panofsky

#Art Quotes #Maids Quotes #Danger Quotes

“I'm interested in the way each piece comes together to work as one bigger thing. But The whole point was for people to have fun with it and not be taking it too seriously. I think a lot of people succeeded in that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“If you see me on Friday, you'll see different material on Saturday night.”
“I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them”
“We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking up during songs and saying pretty ridiculous things in-between. We're having fun.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves.”

Source : Vera Brittain (1953). “Lady Into Woman: A History of Women from Victoria to Elizabeth II”
“When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”

Source : Margery Williams Bianco (2016). “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Become Real”, p.4, Lulu.com
“Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.”
“Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law.”

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