"Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being."

--

Source : "Art in a Word". Documentary by Vera Baghiroli, QOOB TV, July 22, 2008.

Martin Firrell

#Art Quotes #Real Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“When Mussolini decided on war he did not take my advice or that of any other Army chief. In August 1939 the Duce had not been so sure about the invincibility of the Germans, and he told us that he had sought to persuade Hitler not to act.”

Source : "Twenty Angels Over Rome: The Story of Fascist Italy's Fall" by Richard McMillan, (p. 70), 1945.
“Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?”
“When men achieve the fruits of their material success, they often become aware of an emptiness--an incompleteness--in their lives;the hollowness of having, but not raising, children, of not making true commitments to them. Which, sadly, does not mean that they weren't capable of it.”
“No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.”
“The heart is refined, spiritual, and heavenly by nature - guard it; do not overburden it, do not make it earthly, be temperate to the utmost in food and drink, and in general in bodily pleasures. The heart is the temple of God. 'If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy' (I Cor. 3:17).”
“Sometimes you donâ€™t know when youâ€™re taking the first step through a door until youâ€™re already inside.”
“I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new films brutal again. But this violence is just a reflection of what they really are, of what is in each one of us to certain degree.”
“No one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing.”

You may also like:

Ben Browder
Actor
Bill Viola
Video Artist
Jenny Holzer
Artist
Joe Flanigan
Actor
Shazia Mirza
Comedian
Rebecca Horn
Visual Artist