"Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution."

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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

#Art Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“Short-term market and economic prognostication is largely a foolâ€™s errand, we invest according to a strategy that makes the need to rely on short-term market or economic assessments largely irrelevant.”
“Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.”
“The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Librarians are key, I think. They hold the power to empower.”
“A home without a dog is merely a shelter.”
“The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in our distorted conceptions of the world.”

Source : Stephen Batchelor (1983). “Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism”, p.105, Grove Press
“Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.”
“Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that we live within. (from "To a Meadowlark," for M.L. Smoker)”
“Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns.”

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