"Be it sculpture, poetry, or narrative fraught with terrible insight... art does endure. It troubles and pleases, inspires, and reminds us that humanity is ever capable of adding to the sum of the world's grave beauty."

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Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.129, Island Press

Stephanie Mills

#Art Quotes #Inspire Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire.”
“I'm going to build a reactor, that's for sure.”
“That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.”
“Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.”
“I played baseball, and thats pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so thats why I probably play it the way I do.”
“Time plays like an accordion in the way it can stretch out and compress itself in a thousand melodic ways. Months on end may pass blindingly in a quick series of chords, open-shut, together-apart; and then a single melancholy week may seem like a year's pining, one long unfolding note.”

Source : Julia Glass (2003). “Three Junes”, Vintage
“Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It's your move.”
“To me, my parents are my mom and dad, and we were able as kids to do a lot of cool things. Just being part of that family definitely brought out and cultivated the creative arts in us.”

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