"Goethe said that the worst thing in art is technical facility accompanied by triteness. Many an artist, like God, has never needed to think twice about anything. His works are the mad scene from Giselle , on ice skates: he weeps, pulls out his hair holding his wrists like Lifar and tells you what Life is, all at a gliding forty miles an hour."

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Source : "The Lost World". Book by Randall Jarrell, p. 159, 1965.

Randall Jarrell

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hair Quotes

“When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.”
“Because it's our choices that makes us who we are...”
“Today, I don't believe in destiny. But I do believe in history...There's nothing more powerful than history...”
“Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.”
“Your tragedy is Godâ€™s opportunity to show Himself faithful.”
“Runes, runes, runes... Runes. An inverted Algiz rune. The caption next to it said â€œChernobog.â€ The Black God. Right. Of course, it wouldnâ€™t be Chernobog, God of Morning Dew on the Rose Petals, but a woman could always hope.”
“Alexander, were you looking for me?" "All my life.”
“Another big moment in terms of that feeling was David Petraeus: if the director of the CIA can't get away with having a secret relationship, then what hope do you have? It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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