"In public buildings set aside for the care and maintenance of the goods of the middle ages, a staff of civil service art attendants praise all the dead, irrelevant scribblings and scrawlings that, at best, have only historical interest for idiots and layabouts."

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Source : George Grosz, Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde (1987). “Art Is in Danger”

George Grosz

#Art Quotes #Historical Quotes #Age Quotes

“His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.”
“Crow paced back and forth, his form flickering like flame. â€œItâ€™s been a thousand years, Alister. I never intended for anyone to find it, so itâ€™s very well protected. One little misstep, and you and my line will be history.â€ â€œSince when are you so concerned about your line?â€ Han said. Crow stared at him for a long moment. â€œSince I found out I had one,”
“Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind.”
“When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully”
“I just had this feeling about you," she said. "Is that foolish?" "I hope not.”
“She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.”

Source : Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.732, Penguin
“I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.”
“If you look at items of clothing like denim or polo shirts, they came from someone else's idea and everyone now makes them, but even so, I sometimes want to buy into the newer thing because it looks good or whatever. I mean, I copy many things - almost everything I do could be called a copy in some way. But I copy with a certain respect. I have a high regard for the original, and so I want to put my twist onto that. It's just like sampling music - when it's done well, the new work communicates a respect for the original source material.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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