"Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds"

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Source : Leonora Carrington (1988). “The seventh horse, and other tales”, Plume

Leonora Carrington

#Art Quotes #Magic Quotes #Hours Quotes

“I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that on stage its meaningless to copy something someone has done before.”
“I think in some ways, I would go back home, and I didn't really quite fit in and couldn't - didn't have a person to bounce those experiences off of. So I felt a little bit trapped within me, and it made me feel lonely because I really couldn't - the things that were exciting to me, I couldn't really share those with another kid and that other kid understand that.”
“The mistake is that we cling to the body when it is the spirit that is really immortal.”
“The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.”

Source : Jean Sibelius' remarks to Jussi Jalas, October 1, 1939.
“I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery. That is why I am here today. . . . You want to shut up every colored person who wants to fight for the rights of his people!.”
“Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.”
“They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.”
“The only person who fears nothing is one who has nothing to lose.”

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