"Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the artist; since what happened in them was beyond the imagination, it was therefore also beyond art and all those human values on which art is traditionally based."

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Source : Al Alvarez (2013). “The Savage God: A Study of Suicide”, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing

Al Alvarez

#Art Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Police Quotes

“As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.”
“I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is it me growing as a human being?'”
“It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.”
“Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.”
“I love acting. Acting's always been my first love. I grew up watching multi-camera television shows... And I thought I would absolutely be in for that.”
“Dogs have no money. Isn't that amazing? They're broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? .. No Pockets.”
“I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.”
“I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play the silence.”

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