"Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it."

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Source : "Writing and rootlessness". Interview with Michael March, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2004.

Nadine Gordimer

#Art Quotes #Celebration Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“I will wait for love to fly to me and teach me how to fly”
“When you combine the great stories from the comics with the action and visual excitement of the movies, it doesn't get any better!”
“The international community will not accept such threats to the political process.”

Source : "UN envoy warns Libya factions that airstrikes threaten landmark peace talks in Morocco". www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2015.
“Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.”

Source : Hans Christian Andersen (2016). “Best Fairy Tales”, p.129, Pan Macmillan
“Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think thats a real gift.”

Source : "Alan Ritchson Exclusive Interview SMALLVILLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 19, 2010.
“We worked on 'Fanny and Alexander' for seven months and it was an amusing production. Still, it was very long and heavy and so awfully complicated, .. And when the premiere was over and everything went well, I thought, 'That's that.' .”
“Sometimes what we call love is just a settling of old scores, or a seeking of forbidden pain, or a circuitous path to the kingdom of cruelty, or she may simply have confused lack of capital with heroism while searching for rescue without knowing from what.”

Source : Anne Roiphe (1999). “1185 Park Avenue”, p.25, Simon and Schuster
“To the critics: You always complain that Hollywood never gives you new stuff, and then when you get it, you flip out. Lighten up.”

Source : "Movie 43 director tells critics to 'lighten up' after film bombs at box office" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2013.

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