"A critic can serve as guide. I think there's an understanding amongst the public that critics have their own preferences and dislikes."

-- Michael Hersch

#Thinking Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Preference Quotes

“My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.”
“Failure is not an option. Failure is a prerequisite.”
“This is your life. If you are not who you want to be, change it! It wonâ€™t be easy and it may take some time, but surround yourself with people who love and support you and go for it! No regrets! Only you dwell on your failures. Good luck and remember the inner strength youâ€™ll achieve from adopting a healthy lifestyle far supersedes anything physical.”
“There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.”
“Shut up the door: who loves me must not look / Upon the withered world, but haste to bring / His lighted candle, and his story-book, / And live with me the poetry of spring.”

Source : Alice Cary (1876). “The Last Poems: Of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.136
“As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.”
“A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to another worker in the series. When the articles are quite finished they are carried out of sight by currents of commercial exchange. These currents are untraceable.”
“Youâ€™ve got to have a little more confidence in us than that. Itâ€™s insulting.”

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