"Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts."

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Source : Robert Brustein (1994). “Dumbocracy in America: Studies in the Theatre of Guilt, 1987-1994”, Ivan R Dee

Robert Brustein

#Art Quotes #Leader Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”

Source : 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 1, sc.1.
“Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.”
“It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.”
“I love my fans to pieces. They're with me. They get it, you know? They get what I'm saying.”
“Bird's mind and fingers work with incredible speed. He can imply four chord changes in a melodic pattern where another musician would have trouble inserting two.”
“Do not ask directions from the people around you. Ask directions from the person who called you.”
“Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.”
“If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections”

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