"I have a particular interest in corporations that give themselves a cultural aura and are in other areas suspect. Philip Morris presents itself in New York as the lover of culture while it turns out that if you look behind the scenes, it is also a prime funder of Jesse Helms, someone who is very hostile to the arts."

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Source : "A Giant artistic Gibe at Jesse Helms" by Roberta Smith, New York Times, April 20, 1990.

Hans Haacke

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“But when Bumby nursed, his fist clutching the fabric of my robe, his eyes soft and bottomless and locked on mine, as if I were the very heart of his universe, I couldn't help but melt into him.”

Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.204, Ballantine Books
“The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.”
“If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles.”
“Appearances are deceiving.”
“The Obama administration will continue to fight for a comprehensive immigration solution that includes AgJobs and a stable workforce for our farms.”
“Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for me, it is that film gives me too much. There is less room for the audience to add their side of the conversation.”

Source : Source: theculturalgutter.com
“God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.”
“Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like `Amadeus'? I could have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.”

Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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