"Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them."

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Source : Louise Bogan (2005). “A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poems”, Swallow Press

Louise Bogan

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“As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them, which excludes all resistance by violence, and therefore hold aloof from all participation in violence - as soon as this happens, not only will hundreds be unable to enslave millions, but not even millions will be able to enslave a single individual.”
“I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick-fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.”

Source : Interview in Salt Lake Tribune, September 29, 2005.
“If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of oneâ€™s own universe, to live on oneâ€™s own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil.”
“I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.”
“The words 'forse che si,' 'forse che no', 'perhaps yes,' 'perhaps no,' repeat along all paths.”
“Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.”
“From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.”
“When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.”

Source : "RECollection: Volume 1". Book by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (from collection of a book, a DVD and a CD), an anthology published by HitRecord, www.gq.com. September 20, 2011.

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