"Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening."

-- John Taylor Gatto

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“Everyone tells you to write what you know. Itâ€™s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But to take my writing to a deeper level, Iâ€™ve found that a better practice is to simply write what frightens you, haunts you, even. I now keep a sign on the bulletin board in my office that reads: 'Write What Scares You.' Iâ€™ve learned that tapping into the hard stuff â€” whether itâ€™s the fear of loss or a boogeyman lurking in childhood memories â€” is what ultimately gives a story the power to leap off the page and grab you by the collar.”
“I love Mix Tape. It combines three great elements - magic, music and a natural way of performing. I know that every time you perform Mix Tape you will feel like you're presenting someone with a very special gift. I've never come across a routine so natural and so strong. Use this and you will be the wonder worker they talk about long after you have left.”
“I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves in my work because I hoped that if I concentrated enough the intensity of scrutiny alone would force life into the pictures. I ignored the fact that art, after all, derives from art. Now I realize that this is the case.”
“How many times have I heard in France of women who have been married for many years and the husband has had mistresses and you ask, "Why does she put up with it?" Because she loves him! Love is justification for so many things Americans would never put up with.”
“Now let us regard the idea of God from the magic standpoint, according to the four elements, the so-called tetragrammaton, the unspeakable, the supreme: the fiery principle involves the almightiness and the omnipotence, the airy principle owns the wisdom, purity and clarity, from which aspect proceeds the universal lawfulness. Love and eternal life are attributed to the watery principle, and omnipresence, immortality and consequently eternity belong to the earth principle. These four aspects together represent the supreme Godhead.”
“Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody.”
“If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.”
“You live day by day. You can't build your life.”

Source : "Legendary Oscar-Winner Bernardo Bertolucci’s Career Celebrated at MoMA". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2011.

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