"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."

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Source : Artist Descending a Staircase (1972)

Tom Stoppard

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“Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.”
“I was angry at God until I came to understand that it isn't God's fault when people mistreat me. I still have my doubts at times, but I try to remember that God has given them the same free will that He's given me.”
“A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?”
“If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.”
“A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power.”
“It's about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family.”
“Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.”
“If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.”

Source : "Law & Order". Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1990-2010.

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