"The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination of (provisional) purity, physical strength, naturism, spontaneity and joie de vivre which was to make the adolescent the hero of our twentieth century, the century of adolescence."

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Source : Philippe Ariès (1962). “Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life”, Vintage

Philippe Aries

#Strength Quotes #Music Quotes #Hero Quotes

“I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that we wouldn't have access to.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong to successful people.”
“I've been married three times, but I'll never forget my first trip as a young man, on my honeymoon, with my new wife.”
“In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves.”
“People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.”
“The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.”

Source : Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. September 16, 1998.
“I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.”

Source : D. Scott Atkinson, Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., William Merritt Chase (1987). “William Merritt Chase: Summers at Shinnecock 1891-1902”, Universe Publishing(NY)
“[Juan Wauters] got the tips for Queens because he grew up there.So him and my roommate, Matt Volz, they hooked me up, New York Style.”

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