"Art matures. It is the formal elaboration of activity, complete in its own pattern. It is a cosmos of its own."

-- Baker Brownell

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“The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any other side to provide any kind of aid. The Zionist movement concealed the information that came from within the ghetto walls and concentration camps, news that shed light on what was really happening. If it had to publish anything, it did so by questioning that information and diminishing its importance.”
“The whole dissident idea attracts a lot of crazies. And then all of a sudden, without realizing it, you've become one of them.”
“Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.”
“Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe.”
“Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.”

Source : "'American Idol's' Haley Reinhart Talks New Album, Guest Stars (Exclusive)". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 7, 2012.
“Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there.”
“We usually forget that apart from making a living on this earth, human beings live in societies and these societies have cultures. It is only through having cultures that mankind on this earth has an ordered and meaningful life. Music and drama are two of the many important manifestation of a culture. They are important because they represent the expressions emanating from the power of human artistic creativity”
“...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.”

Source : Patrick Süskind (2015). “The Pigeon”, p.6, Penguin UK

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