"Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human creations are seen to derive from humble origins and functions, what needs revision is not our esteem for these creations but our notion of nobility."

-- Robert Nozick

#Art Quotes #Humble Quotes #Needs Quotes

“We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now.”
“And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it movement. It really helped, and it was very easy to draw.”
“Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.”
“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.”

Source : William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.132, Univ of California Press
“Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.”
“Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized.”
“America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation.”
“Matthew,' she said, 'have you ever loved someone and it became yourself?' For a moment he did not answer.Â Taking up the decanter he held it to the light. 'Robin can go anywhere, do anything,' Nora continued, 'because she forgets, and I nowhere because I remember.'Â She came toward him.Â 'Matthew,' she said, 'you think I have always been like this.Â Once I was remorseless, but this is another love â€” it goes everywhere; there is no place for it to stop â€” it rots me away.”

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