"if you don't exist in the arts of a culture, you're invisible. The arts are what express the soul of who we are and that expresses our humanity."

-- Esmeralda Santiago

#Art Quotes #Soul Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.”
“...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.”
“He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.”
“I fell into politics by accident. It was not something I planned. It just happened because I'd done so much reading and work in the community, I was prepared to do the job when the opportunity came along.”

Source : "The Maverick of Omaha". Interview With Michael Beckel, www.motherjones.com. January 5, 2006.
“And men my prophet wail deride!”
“I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do, because it's so hard. You have to be fully committed - and partially insane - to wake up every morning and be like, "I'm an actor." I have it in my blood. It's in every pore of my body. There's always something awesome about every project, even with the worst ones. I try to remind myself every time I think about complaining that there are way worse jobs than mine.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs, Some awake and some asleep, Sleeping in our crowns. What perchance our dreams may know, Let our serious may know.”
“Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

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