"Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art."

-- Ouida

#Art Quotes #Belief Quotes

“There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all ...”

Source : Barbara Pym (1986). “Crampton Hodnet”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.”
“The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.”
“Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.”
“Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations. An audience is like a herd of cows, moving slowly in the direction they are being driven towards. If we make one point, we have a good chance that the audience will take the right direction; if we make several points, then the cows will scatter all over the field. The audience will lose interest and everyone will go back to the thoughts they interrupted in order to come to our lecture.”

Source : Gian-Carlo Rota (2008). “Indiscrete Thoughts”, p.196, Springer Science & Business Media
“I am obliged to deal with hundreds of men and to make them live without killing the reader.”
“I pay tribute to the writing always. The writer is a creative artist and the director is an interpretive artist and the actors are interpretive. You take zero and make it into something, that's always amazing to me.”
“Music should be an integral part of one's life, but how one is able to access it or use it as a career vehicle will always remain in question.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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