"The artist tries to see what there is to be interested in...He has not created something,he has seen something."

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Source : "Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art". Book by T. E. Hulme, 1924.

T. E. Hulme

#Artist Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.”
“I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody.”
“Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.”
“The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call of the Ancestors and the call of Europe, between the exigencies of black-African culture and those of modern life.”
“You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.”
“You know what it would just be amazing to be remembered, you know like a mum telling a daughter â€˜the boyband of my time, One Direction, they just had fun and theyâ€™re just normal guys but terrible, terrible dancers.â€™”
“I drink to excess, I gamble to excess, but everyone knows it, so it's not a big deal.”
“To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.”

Source : Scott McCloud (1993). “Understanding Comics”, William Morrow Paperbacks

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