"There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like that... the Rembrandts are like that. The artist who most often did that was Van Gogh."

-- John Berger

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“Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.”
“We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know.”
“Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.”
“While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune.”
“Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.”

Source : "Violence in the media". Canadian Forum, Volume 56, (p. 9), 1976.
“If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.”
“The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.”
“If a restaurant offers crayons, I always take them and color throughout the meal. It beats talking to the people I came to dinner with.”

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