"Many persons feel art, some understand it; but few both feel and understand it."

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Source : George Stillman Hillard (1854). “Six Months in Italy”, p.52

George Stillman Hillard

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“Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.”
“I like writing sentences. It's tactile and exciting. Whereas working at the level of the scene is a more cerebral pleasure.”
“No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.”
“You know, when I was in college, there was a big debate: Do unions raise wages? Well, with regard to industrial unions, there were arguments back and forth -- international competition. It is now clear, I think, that whether or not you think unions raised wages 50 years ago, the absence of unions and their weakness that is inflicted by anti-union public policy depresses wages. The fact is that people who are not represented, in the service industries in particular, are the victims of policies which depress their wages.”
“I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emerge only as their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to crack open. The emphasis shifts from doing to Being, and our civilization, which is lost in doing, knows nothing of Being. It asks: being? What do you do with it?”
“When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.”
“And I think that we're more of an alternative act in that sense, and that flavor comes across to the audience.”

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