"You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance."

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Source : Charles Ives (2004). “129 Songs”, p.30, A-R Editions, Inc.

Charles Ives

#Art Quotes #Reality Quotes #Vitality Quotes

“You can be a permanent fixture in my lyrical mixture.”
“[On the Barbie doll:] Her values, while somewhat Yuppified, are not so bad. Look at GI Joe. His only wardrobe is fatigues, he spends all his time trying to kill people, or getting his own innards splashed across the landscape. His big hobby is death.”
“In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin to war psychology. There must be the portrayal of an external menace. This involves the development to a high degree of the nation-hero, nation-villain ideology and the arousing of the population to a sense of sacrifice. Once these exist, we have gone a long way on the path to war.”

Source : "War, Peace and Change".
“I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.”

Source : "The Secret History" by Jane Mayer, www.newyorker.com. June 22, 2009.
“My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess.”

Source : "Q&A – RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. March 2008.
“If Elvis is alive, Tupac is alive. I saw Tupac on 46th Street selling Biggie t-shirts 2 for 10 dollars.”
“The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.”
“There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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