"Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it."

-- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

#Past Quotes #Remember Quotes #Aphorism Quotes

“WESTBURY, a nasty odious rotten-borough, a really rotten place.”
“A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?”
“The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists.”
“I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.”

Source : "Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of 'The Eclipse'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. March 25, 2010.
“Each beat of your heart is a small miracle, you know, so don't get carried away.”
“Creative activity is not a superimposed, extraneous task against which the body, or brain protests, but an orchestration of ... joyful doing.”

Source : Gyorgy Kepes (1965). “Education of Vision”, New York : G. Braziller
“Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.”
“Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to put ourselves into their hands! What shame! Should we even accept that they talk about our work?”

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