"The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai."

--

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Practice Quotes

“I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.”
“Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to direct the play around that character. You have to make choices with that actor. If you have an actor that really doesn't get the role and has certain visions of the role, sometimes you have to direct around that actor.”
“The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.”
“Now, the past has plenty to teach us, but I don't think it should be allowed to detain us against our will.”
“I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty.”

Source : Interview with Bonnie Greer, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2002.
“Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Sep 26, 2013
“I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.”
“The nature of the mind is to jump all over the place, and it does, that's why meditation is so important.”

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