"A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself."

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Source : 1982 Reply to a tribute from the Directors Guild of America. Reported in Variety, 26 Apr.

John Huston

#Art Quotes #Realizing Quotes #Dare Quotes

“In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.”

Source : "Q&A: Jon Kabat-Zinn Talks About Bringing Mindfulness Meditation to Medicine". Interview With Maia Szalavitz, healthland.time.com. January 11, 2012.
“Literature remains alive only if we set ourselves immeasurable goals, far beyond all hope of achievement. Only if poets and writers set themselves tasks that no one else dares imagine will literature continue to have a function.”
“The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”
“Even if I did speak Irish, Iâ€™d always be considered an outsider here, wouldnâ€™t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, wonâ€™t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, wonâ€™t it?”
“I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me!”
“The kinds of good friends I have are people who are perfectly willing to have me say I'll see them in six months, and live right next door.”
“There is one law for rich and poor alike, which prevents them equally from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges.”
“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success”

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