"The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression."

-- Michael Kimmelman

#Freedom Quotes #War Quotes #Artist Quotes

“All I want is a modest place in Mr X's Good Reading, Miss Y's Good Writing, and that new edition of One Thousand Best Bits of Recent Prose.”

Source : James Agate (1942). “Ego 5: Again More of the Autobiography of James Agate”
“Your fate is writ clear;you will be murdered. I cannot conceive how it comes about that you were not murdered long since! How odd!Charles himself once said that to me, or something like it! There is nothing odd in it; any sensible man must say it!”
“I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. ... If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. ... My songs are like my kids.”
“"Stop asking "What should I do now?" That question only brings up what others expect of you. Free people don't have shoulds. They have choices."”
“Gospel artists have to do something that secular artists don't always have to do and that's kind of abide by and reflect a certain set of values and morals. So everything that we do, every decision that we make, every picture that we take has a different weight on it. It's always interesting in balancing being an artist but being a minister as well.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."”
“It is never, never too late, in a story or in real life, to correct.”
“I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.”

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