"The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea"

-- Robert Henri

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“I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.”
“You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.”
“Robots... I think that is a hot topic.”
“What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?”
“To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things possible and the knowledge of all causes are the respective primary imperatives of technology and of science. But the motivating imperative of society continues to be the very different one of its physical and spiritual survival. It is now far less obvious than it was in Francis Bacon's world how to bring the three imperatives into harmony, and how to bring all three together to bear on problems where they superpose.”

Source : Gerald James Holton (1986). “The Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays”, p.183, CUP Archive
“I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.”
“We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.”
“One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.”

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