"How much the work of an artist owes to an art movement to which he belongs can never be determined exactly, if only because the movement derives its character from the individual creations of its members."

-- Harold Rosenberg

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“Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and above the fatigue.”

Source : "4 Directors In Seminar On Movies" by Caryn James, www.nytimes.com. June 23, 1988.
“I was and am, like many women, both pro-life and pro-choice.”
“It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.”
“I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.”

Source : Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.69, Pineapple Press Inc
“I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and eventually we had both cost and performance advantages. But it wasn't at all clear in the beginning.”
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
“Art is our weapon. Â Culture is a form of resistance.”
“I don't have a philosophy. If I had a philosophy, it's that I'm kind of literal minded. For example, I would never translate poetry - it's too hard, there are too many levels. Not that prose doesn't have many levels, but it's more grounded.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org

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