"A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art' can deliver. The Romantic desire for a new mythology... gives the artist and his task in the world the consciousness of a new consecration. He is something like a 'secular saviour' for his creations are expected to achieve on a small scale the propitiation of disaster for which an unsaved world hopes."

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Source : "Truth and Method". Book by Hans-Georg Gadamer (p. 76), 1960.

Hans-Georg Gadamer

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“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.”
“Hope gives the heart wings; the soul, an anchor.”
“I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.”
“Hope costs nothing.”
“So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.”
“My life is art. Its how I express God”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.”

Source : "J Mascis on the guitarists you really must hear" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

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