"Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems, ever says, "This is a great book but I didn't like it." Taking a little time to think about why this might be has been very liberating."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“If the student truly absorbs the concept of free inquiry in the field of music, unimpeded by blind adherence to doctrine and tradition, he will bring something of this approach not only to other fields of knowledge but to the conduct of his daily life,”
“If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?”
“To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.”
“Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.”

Source : Jim Stanford (2008). “Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism”, Pluto Pr
“Above all else I am a dilettante in life.”
“If your Nerve, deny you - Go above your Nerve”
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”
“I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.”

Source : Source: briansherwin-artcritic.blogspot.com

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