"...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?"

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Source : Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.7, New Directions Publishing

Hilda Doolittle

#Judgement Quotes

“Perhaps the more "operatic" video pieces were a reaction to my knit sculpture, which kept me isolated for so long in the studio that the videos were a way for me to be social and flamboyant and to change my mind all the time. Because when I did the knit pieces, once I committed myself to a piece, I was locked into an idea, and the only thing that could really move was my mind. The early video pieces were a way for me to express what was going on in my mind.”

Source : "Collaborating with Strangers". Art21 Interview, art21.org.
“I'm not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.”
“Such, indeed, is the policy of civil war: severely to remember injuries, and to forget the most important services. Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.”
“God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.”
“Whatever I do, I always want to get better.”

Source : "People know I was the last true champion" by Thomas Hauser, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2006.
“What makes a tight circle or a tight little square box more of an intellectual statement than something done emotionally, I don't know. Art is an essence, a center.”
“Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.”
“A lot has changed in India in the last decade. We can attribute the growth of India's startup ecosystem to the increased penetration of affordable smartphones and data connectivity across the country. Technology is no longer a luxury. People across generation and geographies are making use of mobile technologies. Startups have capitalised on this phenomenon.”

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