"The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation."

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Source : Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.59, Univ of North Carolina Press

Freeman Tilden

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“We live in a kissy society.”
“I've done some collaborations which have ended up like Chinese whispers, but the most successful was with Tilda Swinton... Together we transcended our previous work and made something better together than we could have done apart.”
“You can call me gay or a tutti-frutti But I won't touch it until I know whose booty”
“They're not mating are they?”
“The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or hours, especially with each other, by concentrated minutes. But ultimately there is no way to do one-minute mothering. There is no way to pay attention in a hurry.”
“If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.”
“Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.
“What we want, we have for our pains The promise that if we but wait Till the want has burned out of our brains, Every means shall be present to state; While we send for the napkin the soup gets cold, While the bonnet is trimming the face grows old, When we've matched our buttons the pattern is sold, And everything comes too late-too late.”

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