"A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him."

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Source : Arthur Symons (1907). “Cities of Italy”

Arthur Symons

#Venice Quotes #Saws Quotes #Realist Quotes

“Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.”
“A dog is faithful, a woman never.”
“Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?”
“Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money.”
“I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that.”
“Diplomacy is living in state.”
“I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.”
“Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Notes From The Midnight Driver”, p.248, Scholastic Inc.

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