"A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers."

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Source : Leonard Bernstein (2007). “The Infinite Variety of Music”, p.141, Amadeus Press

Leonard Bernstein

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“Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.”
“The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have several identities, I only have one, made of all the elements that have shaped its unique proportions.”
“To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.”
“They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.”
“I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater, no one can reach you by phone or other means.”

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“Being a wizard gives you more power than most, but it doesn't change your heart. We're all human. We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.”
“I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.”
“Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.”

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