"The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates an inner experience for them. But historically it's a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectator's experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the artist's. That idea comes from an over-industrialized society which has learned to distrust magic."

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Source : FaceBook post by Samuel R. Delany from Jan 16, 2017

Samuel R. Delany

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“There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.”
“When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”

Source : Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance
“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.”
“Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.”
“You can't just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming. Sonny taught me that, and I intend to do him proud.”

Source : Interview by Patricia Kennealy, www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com. February, 1971.
“To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.”

Source : Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.19, Paulist Press
“At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.”
“My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.”

Source : Eugene H. Peterson (2006). “God's Message for Each Day: Wisdom from the Word of God”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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