"Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts."

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Source : Performing Arts Journal Inc, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim (1986). “Wordplays 5: An Anthology of New American Drama”, Paj Publication

Stephen Sondheim

#Art Quotes #Play Quotes #Vision Quotes

“I wanted to say sorry, I wanted to tell her I could not forget the roundup, the camp, Michel's death, and the direct train to Auschwitz that had taken her parents away forever. Sorry for what? he had retaliated, why should I, an American, feel sorry, hadn't my fellow countrymen freed France in June 1944? I had nothing to be sorry for, he laughed. I had looked at him straight in the eyes. Sorry for not knowing. Sorry for being forty-five years old and not knowing.”
“The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to folly; at times I felt sharp reproof, but I did not get low enough to cry for help.”
“Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.”
“You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.”

Source : "Michelle Wie's Masters Quest Comes to End", www.foxnews.com. July 15, 2005.
“Whatever happened billions of years ago, that's what were we come from. For people who have hate and anger towards each other just because they've been socially conformed or socially... conditioned to their particular country, doesn't mean that you're not like everyone else in the rest of the world and doesn't mean you should go around hating everybody.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize... It was only a dream”
“My books are friends that never fail me.”
“Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.”

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