"It is necessary to recover the primeval force of the shock taking place at the moment when opposite a man (the viewer) there stood for the first time a man (the actor) deceptively similar to us, yet at the same time infinitely foreign, beyond an impassable barrier."

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Source : Tadeusz Kantor (1993). “A Journey Through Other Spaces: Essays and Manifestos, 1944-1990”, p.114, Univ of California Press

Tadeusz Kantor

#Men Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“All the women in the world want a phony rock star who plays guitar.”
“Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it...If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
“My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across.”
“Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.”
“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
“Ignorance is ugly and is the result of a lack of education. Help change that by spreading knowledge, positivity, & love for your fellow man.”
“I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.”

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