"We stand on a precipice, then before a chasm, and as we wait it becomes higher, wider, deeper, but I am crazy enough to think it doesn't matter which way we leap because when we leap we will have learned to fly. Is that blasphemy or faith?"

-- Diane Arbus

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“Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.”
“I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.”
“My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel â€” it is, before all, to make you see. That â€” and no more, and it is everything. If I succeed, you shall find there according to your deserts: encouragement, consolation, fear, charm â€” all you demand; and, perhaps, also that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask.”
“Matthew Davidson is blessed with a God-given, born-in-the-bone, talent. His musicianship is far beyond his age. When I play with Matthew, it's like playing with a musician with many years of experience. Always a perfect gentleman, Matthew's personality shines through in every performance. He obviously loves what he is doing!”
“If being a spokesman for a generation is a fleeting occupation, being a symbol of an era is downright dangerous for anyone who has the bad luck to outlive it.”
“I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.”
“Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.”

Source : "Calm after the storm" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.
“Generally, if you look at present-day trends, you can predict the future. Very few people do that, because I've been told that only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always be the way they are now. When Stalin was alive, most people could not imagine that he would ever die. Same under Brezhnev.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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