"Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings."

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Source : "Richard Eyre: Arts cuts will result in cultural apartheid" by Richard Eyre, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2011.

Richard Eyre

#Art Quotes #Eye Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“I'm broke, I'm bored and I'm back.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.”
“Don't negotiate with terrorists; patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization in history, every year.”
“Your Horse is a mirror to your soul.”
“In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.”
“The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to deliver papers is considered a go-getter, but to urge our young people to rise at 5:30 to pray is considered fanaticism. We must once again wear the harness of discipline. There is no other way.”
“I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.”

Source : Edward Weston (1971). “Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition: His Photographs Accompanied by Excerpts from the Daybooks & Letters”
“Oh dear, is that a skunk?" Leonora asked. "No," Alessandro gasped in horror. "No the smelly cat!" "I've told you, Alessandro darling, they aren't cats." "They look like cats. Like the big fluffy cat she's been stepped on and flattened to a big fluffy pancake cat," Alessandro argued.”

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