"We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

#Art Quotes #Practice Quotes #Differences Quotes

“For crying out loud, stop comparing and start living! And you'll be happier with your life, I guarantee. This is crucial: the most difficult thing in the world is to be who you are not. Pretending and trying to be someone else is the official pastime of the human race. And the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself. Be happy. Live! There must be a reason why God made you tall or short or fat or thin or bumpy all over. Love who you are!”

Source : FaceBook post by Bo Sanchez from Aug 16, 2010
“When you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard, someone is getting smarter, and somebody is winning, just remember that.”
“The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.”

Source : "Director's Cut: Paolo Sorrentino ('The Great Beauty')". FILM.COM Interview, www.mtv.com. November 14, 2013.
“There's really nothing wrong with sentimentality... Nothing I wrote is sentimental.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I would not be able to retain all the information, all the medical jargon these doctors do. I'm not really intelligent enough is what I'm saying.”
“One shouldnâ€™t be only two photographers but thousands.”
“The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would, probably, be far more interesting and contain events of greater moment than all the three score and ten years that follow it.”
“The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so.”

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