"The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent."

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Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 09, 2013.

John Baldessari

#Ideas Quotes #Vaudeville Quotes #Flaws Quotes

“Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
“Nobody loves me. Sometimes I wish God could come down and hug me.”

Source : Song: Pain is Love
“The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality to insure a very considerable amount of custom.”

Source : Robert Smith Surtees (1930). “The novels of R.S. Surtees”
“Even if you want something so badly, without talent, you can't even get the opportunity. You remain as the chorus for the rest of your life.”
“I like to think of myself as some of the Scotch tape that holds things together - I'm very handy to have around. But all that actors really need is a bare stage. Lighting is just one of the luxuries of the theater.”
“From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.”
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.”
“Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.”

Source : "Entertainment exec Peter Guber". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 15, 2011.

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