"The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#Inspiration Quotes #Hero Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them.”
“Every day I go forth to seek my identity, feeling greatly blessed by the things I don't find it in.”
“The fight for photography became my life.”
“The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.”
“I am suspicious and disillusioned about the uses and misuses of photography in the art world, the press, and the world of entertainment. And to make things more complicated, I don't think that the general public is well educated regarding images. Generally we are taught how to read, but we are not taught how to look.”

Source : "The Aesthetics of Witnessing: A Conversation with Alfredo Jaar". Art Journal Interview with Patricia C. Philips, www.publicart.ie. 2005.
“You either are a good director or you're not.”
“I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.”
“On the road, I eat hamburgers every day. The team tries to get me to eat differently, but no. Burgers, burgers, burgers. I like burgers. McDonald's burgers. Wendy's burgers. Burger King burgers. There's this one place in Canada--I even look at the schedule to find out when we play there--best burger I've ever tasted. Real soft and sweet. I ate twelve of them in one night.”

Source : "The Pathology of Gilbert Arenas". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. January 6, 2010.

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