"With its shrewd analysis and its knowledgeable reflections on the state of the arts, as well as a rich array of anecdotes and quotations about patronage, Patronizing the Arts will appeal to a broad audience."

-- Jonathan Culler

#Art Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Anecdotes Quotes

“Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.”
“You'll get humbled right before you're blessed. It's just a test to make sure you can handle what's next.”
“It is not God but the Devil who is in charge of the international situation and those who are working for God in it are poor servants if all they do is worship God and neglect their duty to cincumvent the Devil.”
“Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.”
“You are remembered for the rules you break.”
“In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice. It is better to aim for something that you want-even though you miss it-than to get something that you didn't aim to get, and which you don't want! If we look long enough for what we want in life we are almost sure to find it, no matter what that objective may be.”
“I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.”

Source : Rosanne Cash (2010). “Composed: A Memoir”, p.8, Penguin
“No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.”

Source : "Political notes from 2007: January - April". Personal Website, www.stallman.org. March 01, 2007.

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