"It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. It is characteristic of genius to break up the artificial arrangements of conventionalism, and to view mankind in true perspective, in their gradations of inherent rather than of adventitious worth. Genius is therefore essentially democratic, and has always been so ..."

-- Harriet Martineau

#Views Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Hopeful Quotes

“'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.”
“Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear anything that came before it in the music, and I didn't want to. I was absolutely in love with its out-of-nowhereness.”
“Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.”
“Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick- Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on â€œJersey Shore.â€ The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the ecosystem, and the security and surveillance state, is the only debate that matters.”
“The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.”
“Trying to force creativity is never good.”
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

Source : Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby
“We're all getting lashed to the great wheel of uniformity.”

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