"The immediate success of the war poem anthologies ... proved that the war had aroused in a new public an ear for contemporary verse ... There has never before, in the world's history, been an epoch which has tolerated and even welcomed such a flood of verse as has been poured forth over Great Britain during the last three years."

-- Edmund Gosse

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“To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it.”
“Management that wants to change an institution must first show that it loves that institution.”
“Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile . . . I like to work with it so that you feel it physically, so you feel the presence of light inhabiting a space.”

Source : James Turrell, Julia Brown, Craig E. Adcock, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1985). “Occluded front, James Turrell”, Lapis Pr
“When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.”
“I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?”
“There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants longevity, don't they? It's a career. Why be that flash-in-the-pan, taking every job out of worry it'll soon be over?”

Source : "Ruth Negga: 'I'm not in any rush to get anywhere'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2012.
“Being attached is what prevents us from seeing, it is what clouds this miraculous awareness.”

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