"After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles."

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Source : Morton Feldman (2000). “Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman”

Morton Feldman

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“We had everything. We were young kids. We were driving cars our parents couldn't afford, living in big houses. For me to sit here and say, "Oh my God, I didn't enjoy any of it" - no, I did. Of course I did.”
“I'm not used to writing about happy emotions, I'm just used to pulling from my sad or angry - happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.”
“'Ten Year' was probably - I might say 'Ten Year' was my favorite filming experience of anything I ever worked on. It was totally different from 'Moneyball' in that it was a small budget, independent movie. It had a giant ensemble of actors, all of whom were basically working for free.”
“There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.”
“The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.”
“The practice of charity will bind us...will bind all men in one great brotherhood.”
“I don't mind my work being a record of the time it was written in.”
“I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring.”

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