"My notion about any artist is that we honor him best by reading him, by playing his music, by seeing his plays or by looking at his pictures. We don't need to fall all over ourselves with adjectives and epithets. Let's play him more."

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Jacques Barzun

#Fall Quotes #Reading Quotes #Artist Quotes

“Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.”
“The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.”
“And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about.”
“When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.”
“It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.”
“.. the long hour and a half walk-in to the secret pool , only to find four anglers filling it. Secret pools? The only secret about these pools is the name of the one person on the planet who does not know their location!”
“In America you need a bodyguard to go out.”
“Science is the only savior.”

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