"The principle of art is to pause, not bypass."

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Source : Jerzy Kosinski (2007). “Passing By: Selected Essays, 1962-1991”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Jerzy Kosinski

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“When you're thirty you're old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it.”
“I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“By May, 1st, 1937, there should not be one single church left within the borders of Soviet Russia, and the idea of God will have been banished from the Soviet Union as a remnant of the Middle Ages, which has been used for the purpose of oppressing the working classes.”
“What is important to a relationship is a harmony of emotional roles and not too great a disparity in the general level of intelligence.”

Source : Mirra Komarovsky (2004). “Women in the Modern World: Their Education and Their Dilemmas”, p.86, Rowman Altamira
“It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.”

Source : Roger Von Oech (1986). “A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative”, Harper Perennial
“Without art there is no hope.”
“I have no desire to play music unless I need music.”
“Not many people understand what a pump is. It must be experienced to be understood. It is the greatest feeling that I get. I search for this pump because it means that that my muscles will grow when I get it. I get a pump when the blood is running into my muscles. They become really tight with blood. Like the skin is going to explode any minute. It's like someone putting air in my muscles. It blows up. It feels fantastic.”

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