"A statue of Apollo in a museum does not seem naked, but attach a tie to its neck and it will strike us as indecent ... The text is one of the components of an artistic work, albeit an extremely important component ... But the artistic effect as a whole arises from comparisons of the text with a complex set of ontological and ideological esthetic ideas."

-- Yuri Lotman

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“Never accept the initial premise of the opposition.”
“There are moments when I can wander through my childhood's landscape, through rooms long ago, remember how they were furnished, where the pictures hung on the walls, the way the light fell. It's like a film - little scraps of a film, which I set running and which I can reconstruct to the last detail - except their smell.”
“Ginny's Little Longhorn is my favorite place to play and hang because it's close to old school beer joint music venue as you'll ever find. The Continental Club is also in the top as well.”
“Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face.”
“I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.”
“The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.”
“I'm compelled and dedicated to transmitting emotions and I care for very little else.”

Source : Barry Pearce, Sidney Nolan, Lou Klepac, Frances Lindsay, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2007). “Sidney Nolan”
“I love working and I love doing lots of things and a variety of things. It keeps your mind active and you don't end up worrying about just the one thing. When I chew things over or analyze too much, that is when I can trip myself up.”

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