"That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision."

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Source : Sir Herbert Edward Read (1936). “The Meaning of Art”

Herbert Read

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“My favorite memories were never about candy or anything like that. When I got to be a teenager, my friends and I used to get together and do all kinds of crazy stuff on Halloween night. We had a ball starting trouble. Now that I'm more mature I realize that wasn't the right way to act, but it was the time of my life back then.”
“I was taken by William Burroughsâ€™ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester Bangs in 1975. He was thrilling to listen to. When you heard him speak, you felt that you were privy to such a rare mind. Even in small-talk, he spoke with perfect economy of language. His shoots with me were very collaborative and it was an incredible opportunity to be able to photograph him over the course of twenty years.”
“I like comedy as a group sport.”
“My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.”

Source : "Patti Page, Proving That Simple Songs Endure" by Bernard Weinraub, www.nytimes.com. August 12, 2003.
“You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother's killer. I will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.”

Source : Marie Lu (2011). “Legend”, p.45, Penguin
“Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.”
“I've always cared more about taking pictures than about the art market.”

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