"The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches."

--

Source : "Tony Kushner At The School Of Visual Arts: 'Artists Know That Diligence Counts As Much, If Not More, As Inspiration'". SVA Commencement Speech, from School of Visual Arts, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2010.

Tony Kushner

#Artist Quotes #Possibility Quotes

“I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience I commend not.”
“I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.”
“Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.”
“We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?”
“I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.”
“In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there is no such thing as a secret.”
“When the hour is nigh me, Let me in a tavern die, With a tankard by me.”
“I find it impossible to subscribe to a philosophy that believes that the destruction of human life is a legitimate solution to a problem that is mostly social, economic and psychological,... In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.”

Source : "Patricia Heaton receives mixed responses for pro-life tweet". www.foxnews.com. May 19, 2016.

You may also like:

Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian
Edward Albee
Playwright
George C. Wolfe
Playwright
Maurice Sendak
Illustrator
Mike Nichols
Film director
Roy Cohn
Attorney
Steven Spielberg
Film director
Jeanine Tesori
Composer