"After I got kicked out of CalArts, I moved to Lawrence Kansas where my sister lived. I began working on A William S. Burroughs documentary. I had no idea it would turn into such a big film."

-- Yony Leyser

#Ideas Quotes #Kansas Quotes #Documentaries Quotes

“Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go beyond.”
“What is it with folks always talking about where they're from? You could grow up in a muddy ditch, but if it's your muddy ditch, then it's gotta be the swellest muddy ditch ever.”

Source : Jennifer L. Holm (2010). “Turtle in Paradise”, p.12, Random House Books for Young Readers
“My aim is to be understood by everyone. I reject the 'depth' that people demand nowadays, into which you can never descend without a diving bell crammed with cabbalistic bullshit and intellectual metaphysics. This expressionistic anarchy has got to stop... A day will come when the artist will no longer be this bohemian, puffed-up anarchist but a healthy man working in clarity within a collectivist society.”
“I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.”
“A closed mouth gathers no foot.”
“Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms.”

Source : Eliphas Levi (1968). “Transcendental Magic”, p.425, Weiser Books
“Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.”
“They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.”

Source : Susan Glaspell, Eric S. Rabkin (1912). “Lifted Masks, and Other Works”, p.93, University of Michigan Press

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