"An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist."

-- Diego Rivera

#Fighting Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Artist Quotes

“Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.”
“Anyone who says network news cannot be profitable doesn't know what he is talking about. But anyone who says it must "always," make money is misguided and irresponsible.”
“Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.”

Source : Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G
“Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.”
“I'm the worst tweeter ever. I don't know what I'm doing. I really don't.”
“So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him.”

Source : "A Dialogue With Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.archieshepp.net. December, 10 1990.
“Overnight Success Happens Only in Fairy Tales, Trashy Novels, and Bad Movies.”
“Ask a new question and you will learn new things.”

Source : George Greenstein (1988). “The symbiotic universe: life and mind in the cosmos”

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