"I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times."

-- Anna Deavere Smith

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Art Is Quotes

“There is no salvation for those outside the Church”
“Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?”
“One interesting feature of criticism is seen in the ease with which it discovers what Addison called the specific quality of an author. In Livy, it will be the manner of telling the story; in Sallust, personal identification with the character; in Tacitus, the analysis of the deed into its motive. If the same test be applied to painters, it will find the prominent faculty of Correggio to be manifested in harmony of effect; of Poussin, in the sentiment of his landscapes; and of Raffaelle, in the general comprehension of his subject.”
“Change is inscribed in noise faster than it transforms society.”

Source : Jacques Attali (1985). “Noise: The Political Economy of Music”, p.5, Manchester University Press
“[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.”
“Every war has turning points and every person too.”

Source : Meg Rosoff (2004). “How I Live Now”, Wendy Lamb Books
“Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.”
“Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.”

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