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“there is no politically neutral art.”
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“If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than that of the artist.”
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“The book is man's best invention so far.”
Source : Carolina Maria de Jesus (2005). “Beyond All Pity”
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“Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Zen is really just a reminder to stay alive and to be awake. We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and dwelling on the past. Zen practice is about appreciating your life in this moment. If you are truly aware of five minutes a day, then you are doing pretty well. We are beset by both the future and the past, and there is no reality apart from the here and now.”
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“When Ralph Goodale tried to tax Income Trusts they showed us where they stood, they showed us their attitude towards raiding Seniors hard earned assets and a Conservative government will never allow either of these parties to get away with that.”
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“The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.”
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“To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal”
Source : Jan Struther (1940). “Mrs. Miniver”