"For me, it's really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion that you feel in your heart or your stomach, but also that challenges the brain at the same time. It's an experience - physical and intellectual."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Camille Henrot

#Art Quotes #Strong Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives, and knits them into unforgettable tales. Find the Good is a treasure.”
“I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.”
“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
“I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words and to try is to roll down a road of clichÃ©s, bouncing over beignets and beads and brass bands and it just is what it is. It is home.”

Source : Chris Rose (2015). “1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina”, p.212, Simon and Schuster
“And if sun comes / How shall we greet him? / Shall we not dread him, / Shall we not fear him / After so lengthy a / Session with shade?”
“Human dignity should be without borders.”
“When you build a big empire, you become the persona that people think they know. So when you try to show them who you are, to help them discover you, they just want what they think they know about you. I would have been smarter to build some relationships when I was younger, a private love or something. Today it is more difficult. But it's the price to pay. I never regret anything, because every choice I made for a reason, but I'd love personal love.”
“Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible.”

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