"The death of every art form seems imminent at least once in every century; but while the very funeral arrangements go forward, some child is born who is Michelangelo, Picasso, Yeats."

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Source : Reynolds Price (1989). “A common room: essays, 1954-1987”, Scribner Paper Fiction

Reynolds Price

#Art Quotes #Children Quotes #Funeral Quotes

“O for a horse with wings!”
“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.”
“I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.”
“To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be”
“Make jokes. No stress. Love. Live Life. Proceed. Progress.”
“Getting divorced was the right decision for me, but it's not the right decision for everyone else.”
“I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.”
“Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.”

Source : "This Much I Know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 05, 2011.

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