"Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or system."

-- Yuri Lotman

#Poetry Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Literature Quotes

“We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.”
“Family violence is an entrenched epidemic that we've lived with since time began, so we've got a long way to go. But I do believe the tide is turned. It's no longer a subject that only occurs behind closed doors”
“...for me there is too little of life to spend most of it forcing myself into detachment from it.”
“I think it's good to have the alone time. Well, I kind of have to, because I have to be alone in order to work, so I have alone time. And then I go on tour and I have being-around-people time.”
“That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.”
“Industrial manâ€”a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.”
“I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.”
“I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.”

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