"Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light."

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Source : Jerzy Grotowski (2012). “Towards a Poor Theatre”, p.256, Routledge

Jerzy Grotowski

#Uplifting Quotes #Art Quotes #Light Quotes

“May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.”
“Wherever groups disclosed themselves, or could be introduced, simplicity crystallized out of comparative chaos.”

Source : Eric Temple Bell (1938). “The queen of the sciences”
“It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.”
“I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to.”
“...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenagerâ€”and even when you're olderâ€”lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer.”
“I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me.”
“A fish does not campaign against fisheries-it only tries to slip through the mesh.”
“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.”

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