"The dread of criticism is the death of genius."

-- William Gilmore Simms

#Criticism Quotes #Genius Quotes #Dread Quotes

“The scar, and her indifference to it, did something extraordinary for her, just as damage to some art object threw into relief how beautiful it had once been, tarnishing and tempering her face with the reminder of what humanity did to lovely things and how they bore it.”
“Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art.”

Source : Thomas Eakins, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1970). “Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York”
“I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The living Word is able to destroy Satanic forces.”
“Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orientâ€”dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.”

Source : Orientalism introduction (1978)
“It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.”
“During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.”
“The carnal contact side by side, from heel to armpit, brings shudders that shake up nature like the flights of nocturnal birds.”

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