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Terry Teachout

"Your regional newspaper, and I like to use this example, in your local museum buys a Picasso, that's news especially if they've spent $10 million for it. But if you don't have a credit on your staff then you don't have anybody who's confident to say whether or not it was a good Picasso, might even be aware of the fact that there are bad Picassos. Arts journalists who don't have the experience of criticism, the skill of criticism, don't think in terms of critical evaluation are not going to be as good a journalist as they might be."

Source : Source: bigthink.com

Terry Teachout

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“Ours is no bloody battle With woe and horror fraught Our joust is of a gentler kind A measuring of Mind with Mind A tournament of thought”
“Everything in life and business, you only earn more if you become more valuable. Because if you can do more for people than anybody else does, you can prosper. But you can't do that unless you're constantly educating yourself with the cutting edge. My whole life, even when I had no money, I would invest in education.”
“I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.”
“They who ask for no sign shall have many.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.17, Lulu Press, Inc
“If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.”
“...Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.”
“Anger cannot be overcome by anger. If someone is angry with you, and you show anger in return, the result is a disaster. On the other hand, if you control your anger and show its opposite - love, compassion, tolerance and patience - not only will you remain peaceful, but the other person's anger will also diminish.”

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