"When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are actually figurative. Art can idealize those symbols, and so reveal the profound truths they contain."

-- Richard Wagner

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“Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2001). “A Ned Rorem Reader”, p.26, Yale University Press
“Take care of yourself, be healthy, and always believe you can be successful in anything you truly want”
“When 1:45 came, half the class left, and Danny Hupfer whispered, "If she gives you a cream puff after we leave, I'm going to kill you" - which was not something that someone headed off to prepare for his bar mitzvah should be thinking. When 1:55 came and the other half of the class left, Meryl Lee whispered, "If she gives you one after we leave, I'm going to do Number 408 to you." I didn't remember what Number 408 was, but it was probably pretty close to what Danny Hupfer had promised. Even Mai Thi looked at me with narrowed eyes and said, "I know your home." Which sounded pretty ominous.”
“I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.”
“The public wants work which flatters its illusions.”
“Beautiful light is born of a contrast to darkness.”
“Loads of overtaking is boring. You go fishing and you catch a fish every ten minutes and it's boring. But if you site there all day, and you catch one mega fish, you come back with stories that you caught a fish this big (indicates a big fish), intead of this size (indicating a small fish)”
“Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.”

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