"It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into selectivity, but into alteration, distortion and outright lying about what did and didn't happen."

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James Toback

#Lying Quotes #Giving Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“A drug is a substance which, if injected into a rabbit, produces a paper.”
“What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself.”
“Music should never be harmless.”
“I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.”

Source : "Star-spangled Promenader". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2001.
“Color cannot stand alone.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (1955). “Concerning the spiritual in art, and painting in particular: 1912”
“There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.”
“I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for”
“I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.”

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