"Criticism will survive even if no one's paying for it. Obviously it's better if people are paying for it. But the fact that artists weren't able to make a living from their work hasn't detracted from the quality of that work. Charles Ives was the second greatest composer in American history and he worked in insurance his whole life."

-- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Quality Quotes

“Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.”
“All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it”

Source : Eugene Field, Charles Walter Brown (1905). “John Smith, U.S.A.”
“I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame.”

Source : "Attention Scum". TV Series, 2001.
“And just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric, brightens the whole garment, so women's work at home, while only the doing of little things, like the golden gleam of sunlight runs through and brightens all the fabric of civilization.”
“The well-marked path to knowledge is open to anyone willing to make the effort to follow it, though no one will ever quite reach its end.”
“We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.”
“In those years, when I came to the States, people were always asking me why I didn't sing anymore. I'd tell them, 'I sing all around the world-Asia, Africa, Europe-but if you don't sing in the US, then you haven't really made it.' That's why I'll always be grateful to Paul Simon. He allowed me to bring my music back to my friends in this country.”
“Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.”

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