"The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies."

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Source : "Philosophy of Art". Book by Hippolyte Taine, 1865.

Hippolyte Taine

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“The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.”
“We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.”

Source : "Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now". Book by Jim Jackson, January 5, 2005.
“I did enjoy cooking, I still do really enjoy cooking - I make a nice salmon dish, and Im a huge meat freak, so I love to bang a few steaks on the grill or pasta. Anything Italian, really.”

Source : "Discovery: Luke Pasqualino" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2012.
“As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. Play your songs, play them well, earn your money, and don't get in people's way.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, music.avclub.com. January 17, 2008.
“But there are only so many times you can handle heartbreak with someone before you have to start protecting yourself.”
“A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.”
“Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.”
“I would prefer to be forgotten, then rediscovered in a different age.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Bill Viola, video artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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