Quotes
Authors
Walter Benjamin

"Painting, by its nature, cannot provide an object of simultaneous collective reception... as film is able to do today... And while efforts have been made to present paintings to the masses in galleries and salons, this mode of reception gives the masses no means of organizing and regulating their response. Thus, the same public which reacts progressively to a slapstick comedy inevitably displays a backward attitude toward Surrealism."

-- Walter Benjamin

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“In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.”
“I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.”
“There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue.”
“No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever. There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.176, Ballantine Books
“I donâ€™t like to lie â€“ so thereâ€™d better be a good reason why Iâ€™m doing it.”
“Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. ... Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark.”

Source : "Lobsters and Lies" by Madeleine Schwartz, www.newyorker.com. August 19, 2011.
“Don't call me crazy.I'm a survivor. I do what I have to do to survive.”
“Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.”

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