"Government wars aren't my wars; they've got nowt to do with me, because my own war's all that I'll ever be bothered about."

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Source : Alan Sillitoe (2016). “New and Collected Stories”, p.12, Open Road Media

Alan Sillitoe

#War Quotes #Government Quotes #Bothered Quotes

“Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.”
“A hobby is only fun if you don't have time to do it.”
“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty, the beauty that appears to me in terms of volume of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty interpret my subjective impression. Nature is mere a pretext for decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. I want to express the absolute, not merely the factitious woman.”

Source : Raymond Cogniat, Georges Braque, Joanne Greenspun (1980). “Georges Braque”
“If you make great music, you can become a mold breaker or a trailblazer. It's a little scary to do that because you can't always see what's in front of you, but you're clearing out a path for people behind you to follow.”

Source : "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist's job includes the avoidance of premature closure by the begged or gratuitous approval of others.”
“When the flesh presents thee with delights, then present thyself with dangers; where the world possesses thee with vain hopes, there possess thyself with true fear; when the devil brings thee oil, bring thou vinegar. The way to be safe is never to be secure.”
“it's dreadful when two people's senses of humor are antagonistic. I don't believe there's any bridging that gulf!”
“I'm not a long movie person. I have a very short attention span. If you give me a 90-minute movie, that's perfect. When it gets to be two hours, that's a little bit too long for me.”

Source : "Courteney Cox Talks Directorial Debut JUST BEFORE I GO, Gus Van Sant’s Advice, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 26, 2015.

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