"Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense."

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Source : Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice and Virgil”, p.15, Canongate Books

Yann Martel

#Stories Quotes #Noise Quotes #Painting Quotes

“Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.”
“This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.”
“Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.”
“It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don't really make you think.”
“There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.”
“The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.”
“Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?”
“We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.”

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