"This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art."

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Source : Douglas Sirk, Jon Halliday (1971). “Sirk on Sirk: interviews with Jon Halliday”, Harvill Secker

Douglas Sirk

#Art Quotes #Distance Quotes #Quality Quotes

“Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.”
“I sympathize with every kitchen porter.”
“[Vanity] is an unrecognised form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to be vain and that's a glaring form of stupidity.”
“My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.”
“Nothing is more dangerous for society's future than having its young people grow old before their time.”
“Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.”

Source : "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.
“I like to listen the blues and some classical.”
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”

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