"Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers."

-- Jorge Luis Borges

#Suffering Quotes #Documentation Quotes #Language Quotes

“That's the artist's role - to strike out always for something new, to break away, to defy, to... grapple with the unfamiliar.”
“I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?”

Source : Speech to Parliamentary Press Gallery, 9 June 1980, in 'The Times' 10 June 1980
“Any work of art makes one very simple demand on anyone who genuinely wants to get in touch with it. And that is to stop. You've got to stop what you're doing, what you're thinking, and what you're expecting and just be there for the poem for however long it takes.”
“Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.”
“A popular song is one that makes us all think we can sing.”
“OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!”
“Everything is expressed through RELATIONSHIPS.”
“You break the story first, and then you go into the specifics.”

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