"How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch"

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Source : Karsten Harries (1968). “Meaning of Modern Art”, p.82, Northwestern University Press

Karsten Harries

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“I shall speak only of the part I have stayed in- the districts of Lakes Ochrida and Presba. Here there are Greeks, Slavs, Albanians, and Vlahs. Of Turks, except officials and such of the army as may be quartered on the spot, there are few. The Albanians, I believe, are all Moslem. Should there be any Christians they would be officially classed as Greeks. A large part of the land near Lake Presba is owned by Moslem Albanians as ' chiftliks '(farms).”
“It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.”
“To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.”
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-you may know that your society is doomed.”

Source : Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1448, Penguin
“The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.”
“Well, I've seen a bunch of acupuncturists and one of my sister-in-laws is an herbalist. So I know a lot about alternative medicine. I don't know a lot about the practice but I know about the world.”

Source : "Private Practice Preview: Great Expectations Scare Tim Daly". Interview with Dana Meltzer Zepeda, www.tvguide.com. September 23, 2007.
“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”
“Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay...now be Samurai.”

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