"There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had been accomplished in music by the end of the eighteenth century has only begun in the fine arts. Mathematics and physics have given us a clue in the form of rules to be strictly observed or departed from, as the case may be. Here salutary discipline is come to grips first of all with the function of forms, and not with form as the final result â€¦ in this way we learn how to look beyond the surface and get to the root of things."

-- Paul Klee

#Music Quotes #Art Quotes #Learning Quotes

“A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale”, p.269, Simon and Schuster
“Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they're helping the company to be successful.”
“Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.”
“You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.”
“Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities.”
“I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.”
“Ramires is involved in everything he does.”
“More conservative advocacy work often encourages portrayals of trans people as people who deserve rights. Deservingness, of course, corresponds to national racial, gender and ability norms.”

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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