"In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today art has to look again at these unchanging qualities, because society is no longer unchanging. It is up to art today to show us what has become of these unchanging qualities in a world which is moving and changing."

-- Tawfiq al-Hakim

#Art Quotes #Moving Quotes #Past Quotes

“I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.”
“My reputation is different among different groups. You have your fans, your non-fans, your team, your crew, your family, your friends and then you have your peers. I think they're all different and each of them have their separate opinions about you.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going.”
“Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?”
“I've never been to the gym. I do nothing.”
“Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.'”
“Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.”
“Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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