"We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones."

-- Walter Lippmann

#Affair Quotes #Concerned Quotes

“The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.”
“DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops”
“Be not afraid! In admitting a creator, refuse not to examine his creation; and take not the assertions of creatures like yourselves, in place of the evidence of your senses and the conviction of your understanding.”

Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.45
“The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a red rubber ball and if you throw it against a soft, funny wall, it will not come back. But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively. Very, very few people understand this.”
“I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.”

Source : "Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley", www.today.com. October 28, 2014.
“The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer”
“I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.”
“Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world.”

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