"The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals."

-- Lionel Trilling

#Artist Quotes #Immature Quotes #Stealing Quotes

“Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job, of access to affordable health care, of a quality education, and of protecting our homeland and defending our nation.”
“I am always locked in my design studio.”
“Physical reality is one of the biggest horror movies of all, and you know how we love horror movies.”

Source : Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.60, Gibbs Smith
“We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.”
“My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not to make some statement about the harp - somehow has ... coloured people's interpretations of the music and projected an idea of childlike or fairytale quality or innocence. Which sometimes prevents people from listening to the songs the way I would like them to be listened to.”

Source : Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2005.
“When the snake decided to go straight, he didn't get anywhere.”
“Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a musician of this stature because he is also a great man.”
“I donâ€™t trust air I canâ€™t see.”

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