"Aesthetic value emanates from the struggle between texts: in the reader, in language, in the classroom, in arguments within a society. Aesthetic value rises out of memory, and so (as Nietzsche saw) out of pain, the pain of surrendering easier pleasures in favour of much more difficult ones ... successful literary works are achieved anxieties, not releases from anxieties."

-- Harold Bloom

#Pain Quotes #Memories Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally ...”
“Even to loneliness there is an end, for those who are lonely enough, long enough.”
“Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash.”

Source : Tim Wu (2010). “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd
“The truth of the matter is that for all the drive-in movie references, what Weston Ochse has really created in Multiplex Fandango is a travelogue. Acting as narrator and guide, Weston takes you on a trip to places familiar and obscure-New Orleans, the Sonoran desert, Mexico's Pacific coast, and the dark, impenetrable reaches of the soul. He shows off sights that chill the blood, and as with any good trip, the things seen and experienced along the way will stay with you for a lifetime.”
“A lot of times, kids go to college and take a major because they do what they think they're supposed to do. I told them I believe 90 percent of America gets up in the morning and drives to a job they hate. That could have happened to me in the hotel industry.”
“I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Yes, of course my father harmed and caused a lot of damage but both stories are true. He did things to help and destroy Colombia, both are true.”
“I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.”

Source : "Elena Anaya: Almodóvar's new leading lady" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.

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