"In every human society of which we know - prehistoric, ancient or modern, whether hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agricultural or industrial - at least some form of art is displayed, and not only displayed, but highly regarded and willingly engaged in."

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Source : Ellen Dissanayake (1992). “Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why”

Ellen Dissanayake

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“If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.”
“Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.257, iUniverse
“Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He was never destroyed by his work; he was always on top of it. He moved among people as the master of every situation. He was busier than anyone; the multitudes were always at him, yet he had time, for everything and everyone. He was never hurried, or harassed, or too busy. He had complete supremacy over time; he never let it dictate to him. He talked of my time; my hour. He knew exactly when the moment had come for doing something and when it had not.”
“It was before Deity embodied in a human form walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over their graves, slumbering in the manger, bleeding on the cross, that the prejudices of the synagogue, and the doubts of the academy, and the pride of the portico, and the fasces of the lictor, and the swords of thirty legions were humbled in the dust.”
“Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art.”
“Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.”
“I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of one day seeing it all. Seeing in its total form, while wearing the mask, from the distance of death. And there, in the eternal destiny, to seek the face I had before the world was made.”
“I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion.”

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